The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates again. Is The Fed Actually Trying To Cause A Stock Market Crash?

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[–]magnora7[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

And also consider this: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-20/bill-dudley-fed-not-there-take-away-markets-pain-policy-not-too-tight

It's funny Obama got 0% for 8 years, but now that Trump is in office they're all about raising the rates 0.25% every single quarter. It really does seem like they're pressuring a crash. Trump is a convenient scapegoat, so I can see why they'd want to do it during his term.

Also causing it now would probably hurt his 2020 re-election chances, if someone wanted to keep him from being re-elected.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

if it is designed to crash during Trump he is fine with it. He has goldman sachs advisors.

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I am unsure if he knows he is playing the heel or not, in the end he may just see himself as a victim of circumstance

[–]Solrik 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This might be the case for Bush as well and presidents in general.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I agree. The president is basically a PR head at this point, a charismatic actor. But I'm not sure the presidents themselves see it as being that way. It's kind of interesting.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hey, at least Presidents get medals of valour or something preposterous.

I hope Trumps golden parachute is made of real gold so it falls fast and hard and heavy.