Can Obama make the recovery come quickly?
I feel a quick recovery is slim :(
The interest rate was cut to 0 by the Fed at the end of last year. Does Bernanke still have more “powerful” bullets? Will Fed cheer up Wall Street with more delicious foods?
Think of Japanese central bank that even tried negative interest rates to recover the economy. Failed! Japanese still refused to borrow/spend because they knew prices would fall and lacked confidence in financial institutions.
Bernanke's easy money policy can stimulate the flagging economy? Hope this bullet he fired will not trigger a lose-lose condition:)
HOPE up?
I am seeing the condition keeps deteriorating. Companies cut back on investment. Unemployment soars. Over 1.5 million jobless were created in the last 6 months in 2008. Corps can’t finance continuing operations or expansions with the corporate bond widen. The worldwide issued debt shrank by 75% in the 4th qtr 2008(per BIS).
Things are even worse: Reinvestment and earnings are dropping tremendously. Hardship limits our spending extremely. Asset prices on stocks, real estate and commodities are keeping steadily falling and the profits are greatly shrinking (this is so called DEFLATION. Terrible! Terrible!
New LEADSHIP will bring us changes?
Obama’s team addressed that they were trying hard to revive consumer spending with the $1 trillion stimulus package. But “$1 trillion barely covers the $800 billion that homeowners withdrew in home equity in 2007 alone”(from some news). Do you think it will be working?
I hope Obama whiz kids will direct us to the oasis. But I just don’t expect a lot of changes for a long while.
We are going to be still on the downhill from here. 2009 may still be a rough year.
Folks, the flight is not powerful and smooth right now for a long while. A quick recovery is slim. As a passenger in the flight, the best thing I can do is buckling up my seatbelt tightly, keeping my fingers crossed. Hope Obama’s team possesses proficient in flight skills, directing us to open wide field, an oasis would be the best.
Can Obama make the recovery come quickly? the chance is slim:)
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牛年第一天,我说句实话。希望明年第一天的时候证明我在瞎说8道:)
-戏雨飞鹰-
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01/26/2009 postreply
16:36:27
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hehe..今天下午上班没事,就在那练英语。因为实在不想学什么C++当时:)
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01/26/2009 postreply
16:58:02
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“从来没有救世主,也没有神仙皇帝。”“他是人民大救星”
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01/26/2009 postreply
17:48:18
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Omaba is assumed by many people the role of a messiah. but he i
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01/26/2009 postreply
18:49:44
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But he is NOT messiah, right?:)
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01/26/2009 postreply
18:50:35
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真没想到在美国这样民主的国家,还存在如此个人崇拜,唉!
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01/26/2009 postreply
18:56:24