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To: c.hinton who wrote (1645)	8/12/2008 4:35:17 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 3816

I disagree. The crash was caused by a liquidity crisis caused by the Fed.

To: c.hinton who wrote (1645)	8/12/2008 4:52:07 PM
From: c.hinton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3816

so you can have your opinion ..i will keep mine. if you check the problems of bank of england in the 20s you might see what i am talking about. libertyunbound.com " the Fed knew exactly what was happening during the late 1920s and, although it tried to do something about the looming crisis, it failed to stave it off. It failed, in the first place, because it was trying to help European economies — notably Great Britain's — instead of seeing to the United States' problems. By lowering interest rates here, it helped prop up Britain's attempted return to its pre-war gold standard, with the pound worth $4.87. That rate was too high, and required coordinated macro policy between the Fed and the British central bank for its survival. The Fed obliged. It shouldn't have. Using American monetary policy to help another nation pretend that it had the same status after WWI as before was not — and never could have been — a good idea, notwithstanding that it was approved of by a majority of English citizens and both the British and American governments."