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> “the message is growth is slower, yes, but the risk of recession is grossly overstated. As long as the Fed continues to do the right thing” by cutting rates a couple more times.

Apparently a healthy economy is one the Federal Reserve manipulates by keeping interest rates as low as possible. How long can they keep this up?

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A long time, if they want.

They can also print money, the second lever at their disposal.

There's a fascinating video about this, from Ray Dalio. Give it a look, it's pretty interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0

Printing money and lowering intrest rates are the same lever. When they lower interest rates more people sell bonds. The Fed buys those bonds with printed money. When the Fed prints money they then buy something with it. When they buy bonds it lowers interest rates. They sometimes buy shares but that has the same effect.

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