tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post2589074070607022650..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Trump Told Yellen That He is a 'Low Interest Rate Person'Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-91447020302300101532017-06-13T09:20:55.601-04:002017-06-13T09:20:55.601-04:00During the campaign, he stated as much but he also...During the campaign, he stated as much but he also accused the Fed of keeping rates low to "help" Obama because he suspects higher interest rates will explode the phony bubble economy. Now he wants to make sure the Fed doesn't do that to him. This kind of thinking is very Austrian-lite and puts the lie to the view that the Fed has truly raised rates in any meaningful way. <br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31313060313390092962017-06-13T08:59:28.315-04:002017-06-13T08:59:28.315-04:00What? A realestate investor that favors a low inte...What? A realestate investor that favors a low interest, high inflation monetary policy? I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked.seanothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08625173927342111782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70765866107418026182017-06-13T07:36:17.681-04:002017-06-13T07:36:17.681-04:00But the Fed already raised rates 25 bps three whol...But the Fed already raised rates 25 bps three whole times in the past three years, right? According to this article, federal borrowing costs have fallen and stawks are at all time highs. Yet the article also states that Trump might deem further Fed rate hikes "threatening" (to stocks?) (the economy?). I wonder why? He must be some kind of Austrian-lite or something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com