[quote=The-Shoveler]There is just too much at stake IMO, there is no way they will permit a downturn to occur in the states at this point.
By all accounts the market should have tanked big big time, given the news from Europe, the fact that it bounced I think indicates the TPTB are making sure there can be no crash allowed in the U.S.A. as we are the last straw that would break the world economies back.
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It can’t be stopped, recessions occur regardless of monetary policy.