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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (4157)	12/31/2008 11:14:14 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

"Do you expect hyper inflation as a result of all this printing?" Not while the Velocity of Money remains so low. (Right now --- despite all the spending --- the total amount of 'money' available in the system is still down SHARPLY from, say, a year ago. Largely because LENDING by the banks and others has dried up.) "we might as well sock-it-to-'em and sell all the bonds we can get away with while the getting is good." My point exactly! Take advantage of the panic. "...it seems the bond market will be the next bubble to burst..." That's what I think. (Who really wants to buy a 20 year Treasury paying 2.5%? :-)