Denninger – The Clever Shark https://clevershark.com Hi. My name is Tony Emond and I'm a blogger, technical writer, python, web and database developer based in Montreal.. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:26:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://i0.wp.com/clevershark.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-avatar.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Denninger – The Clever Shark https://clevershark.com 32 32 127613282 Is the Fed speaking out of both sides of its mouth? https://clevershark.com/2008/09/is-the-fed-speaking-out-of-both-sides-of-its-mouth/ https://clevershark.com/2008/09/is-the-fed-speaking-out-of-both-sides-of-its-mouth/#respond Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:26:23 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=1829 Ben Bernanke spent a lot of time in front of Congress on Tuesday arguing that there’s a credit crisis out there, so why did the Fed recently shrink the float by $125 billion and why is it still resisting a consensus-recommended half-percent rate cut? Is it, as some paranoid people could suggest, a way to … Continue reading Is the Fed speaking out of both sides of its mouth?

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]]> Ben Bernanke spent a lot of time in front of Congress on Tuesday arguing that there’s a credit crisis out there, so why did the Fed recently shrink the float by $125 billion and why is it still resisting a consensus-recommended half-percent rate cut? Is it, as some paranoid people could suggest, a way to generate a need for an all-encompassing mega-bailout plan?

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