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To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (281559)10/7/2010 9:43:47 AM
From: Les HRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 306849
 
"So, there you have it: pump up asset prices and hope that people spend some of the ephemeral gains. The idea that people will spend more if their houses and other assets rise in value is called the wealth effect, but this policy creates only pretend wealth."

seeing a lot of companies awarding employee stock options grants.



To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (281559)10/7/2010 5:39:36 PM
From: John McCarthyRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
and it adds to household wealth by keeping asset prices higher than they otherwise would be

So - NOT figuratively - but rather < lit·er·al·ly > -
I am a COG living inside of some new FED linear equation .... or is it a non-linear equation .....?

Wonder if the FED called in those quant "I got it figured
out" guru's .... when they were mapping this out.


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