Quote:I don't get it.   Do you think the fed should raise interest rates or not?   

 

You say they kept them too low for too long, but now you say they are going to raise them to sabotage Trump.  So should they raise them or not?  If it was wrong to keep them so low for the past 8 years, why would you think they should keep them low now?  

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If the federal government has to borrow a trillion dollars to fund the Trump Infrastructure Plan, don't you think interest rates would go up regardless of the fed?   

 

It seems like you're just preparing to cast blame on someone else when Trump fails.  You'll blame the fed, for doing what you and he said they should have been doing all along.  

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Certainly the Fed should raise interest rates.  The probable .25% may cause a slight dip in the market, but it's pretty much expected.  A higher rate increase such as a 1% rate hike (highly doubtful) would cause a major correction in the market.

 

The point is, the Fed should have started gradually increasing interest rates since at least last spring.  Doing this prior to the election would have slowed the market down, thus my comment about them holding off for so long to protect 0bama's "legacy".

 

Regarding your comment in bold, the Fed are the ones that actually set interest rates.

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