http://dagblog.com/link/fed-slashes-interest-rates-emergency-move-coronavirus-fears-mount-30417 Comments for "Fed Slashes Interest Rates in Emergency Move as Coronavirus Fears Mount" en http://dagblog.com/comment/277335#comment-277335 <a id="comment-277335"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/fed-slashes-interest-rates-emergency-move-coronavirus-fears-mount-30417">Fed Slashes Interest Rates in Emergency Move as Coronavirus Fears Mount</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Holy crap <a href="https://t.co/BVT7ZFzrih">https://t.co/BVT7ZFzrih</a></p> — Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) <a href="https://twitter.com/kairyssdal/status/1234856464168243201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">First 50 basis point cut since 2008. First emergency cut since 2008. But… This is not 2008.</p> — Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) <a href="https://twitter.com/kairyssdal/status/1234856992663052291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Markets are functioning. Liquidity is there. Credit is not tight. This is a supply shock. Not sure rate cuts can fix this. For tax cuts for that matter. <a href="https://t.co/kF555dU2j2">https://t.co/kF555dU2j2</a></p> — Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) <a href="https://twitter.com/kairyssdal/status/1234857863639687169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">On twitter too <a href="https://t.co/hBjjzZIFDh">https://t.co/hBjjzZIFDh</a></p> — Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) <a href="https://twitter.com/kairyssdal/status/1234858309380866049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Also, are marginally lower interest rates going to make you more likely to go to a crowded restaurant right now? A busy mall? A sports stadium? I don’t know.</p> — Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) <a href="https://twitter.com/kairyssdal/status/1234858807681015808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Ha not ha. <a href="https://t.co/UI7EdbAwmj">https://t.co/UI7EdbAwmj</a></p> — Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) <a href="https://twitter.com/kairyssdal/status/1234861168788983809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Thinking about starting an <a href="https://twitter.com/dandrezner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dandrezner</a>-like Toddler in Chief thread, but for the markets, because that’s what’s going on here. Markets had a hissy fit and the Fed has to soothe them.</p> — Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) <a href="https://twitter.com/kairyssdal/status/1234861602341629952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p>and just retweeted</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">“The liquidity hammer of 2009 is the wrong tool for a virus-shaped nail.”<br /><br /> AMEN. <a href="https://t.co/xmKU1mqlTx">https://t.co/xmKU1mqlTx</a></p> — Megan Greene (@economistmeg) <a href="https://twitter.com/economistmeg/status/1234863851293872133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Tue, 03 Mar 2020 15:30:20 +0000 artappraiser comment 277335 at http://dagblog.com