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| Aug 23, 2011 at 16:10 | comment | added | JTP - Apologise to Monica♦ | ok, good edit. I didn't want to edit till I was sure what you meant. | |
| Aug 23, 2011 at 13:58 | comment | added | user4127 | @joe yes just had the ratio backwards. IT is the keynesian belief that putting more money out there is good for the system. The problem is government is not a profit center it is a cost center. We have the need for government to keep things stable and secure. If government can do that then business feels confident in investing in itself. When government starts shaking things up business stops investing because there are too many unknowns. It waits for things to settle down and reevaluates. So while the government trys to make moves the economy stops to wait for it to settle. | |
| Aug 23, 2011 at 13:51 | history | edited | user4127 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 23, 2011 at 0:19 | comment | added | JTP - Apologise to Monica♦ | "Platinum has a higher weight to value ratio than gold." Platinum trades higher per ounce than gold. "weight to value" is the reciprocal of "value per weight" or dollars per oz. Is this a typo or what you intended? The treasury's bond purchases are intended to put money into the system, people buying them actually takes money out of the system. What the economy needs is for the money to be spent and the multiplier to kick in, i.e. The velocity of money to rise. Buying treasuries is counter to this. | |
| Aug 18, 2011 at 18:45 | history | edited | user4127 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 18, 2011 at 17:05 | history | edited | user4127 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 18, 2011 at 17:00 | history | answered | user4127 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |