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Jarrett

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Users name: Jarrett
Joined: February 2013
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Rather then go to negative interest rates with the attendant problems, why not "Helicopter Money"? This would boost spending by everybody, which would also serve to increase economic activity. The term "helicopter money" was coined by Milton Fri…

in Mohamed A. El-Erian: Long-Term Consequences Of Negative Rates Comment by Jarrett March 2016
With an obstructionist congress in place, we can expect no stimulus too.

in U.S. manufacturing sector said to be in a technical recession Comment by Jarrett June 2015
Link to article about the book: http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1501289.ece

in Martin's Wolf's book on the mistakes made and not yet corrected during the past economic crisis. Comment by Jarrett January 2015
Hussman is wrong and doesn't read our economy correctly, imho. He doesn't have the right macro view. Since the crisis of 2008 the US economy has been in a credit deleveraging mode (consumers paying off debt). The credit that the Fed has release…

in John Hussman: The Market May Tank Like A Stone Going Over A Cliff: Comment by Jarrett October 2013
I agree with Investor. Growth is the engine out of our economic problems. Heaven knows we have decaying intrastructure that needs repair or replacement. It is in time like these, when investors are paying us to take thier money (with government…

in A short history of austerity: it almost never works Comment by Jarrett March 2013