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To: MythMan who wrote (76613)11/22/1999 11:57:00 AM
From: pater tenebrarum  Respond to of 86076
 
MM, it's credit...and it's used to buy stocks. somewhere i have a link to banks' security portfolios. they have risen sharply.



To: MythMan who wrote (76613)11/22/1999 11:58:00 AM
From: SeaViewer  Respond to of 86076
 
Feds can print as much as they want. All CBs around the world are print as much as they can. That's the f*cking reason oil is going up. Those Arabs are not stupid. They are not going to exchange the hard oil for some worthless paper.



To: MythMan who wrote (76613)11/22/1999 12:11:00 PM
From: Ken98  Respond to of 86076
 
Myth, take a look at Chapters 2 & 3. They have pretty good explanations of how and why (in theory) Fed undertakes these open-market operations:

federalreserve.gov

Regards,Ken.