Economics Thread

I hear a lot of politicians say go big to get the economy going.

I think we should go really big. And finance it by monetizing the new debt created.

My 3 part proposal.

1) A $10,000 check for every man, woman and child.

2) Order the Fed to directly buy all the bonds needed to finance it.

3) The checks go out when R naught drops below 0.5 for the country.

This last part is important for 2 reasons. One is it rewards the people for an important accomplishment. Second the fiscal multiplier is depressed so long as people feel unsafe. This ties the timing of the stimulus to an important milestone as far as safely opening up the economy goes. It gives us all something to work toward.

It is likely this plan will generate some inflation. But that is a relatively small consideration given the problems it would resolve.
 
I hear a lot of politicians say go big to get the economy going.

I think we should go really big. And finance it by monetizing the new debt created.

My 3 part proposal.

1) A $10,000 check for every man, woman and child.

2) Order the Fed to directly buy all the bonds needed to finance it.

3) The checks go out when R naught drops below 0.5 for the country.

This last part is important for 2 reasons. One is it rewards the people for an important accomplishment. Second the fiscal multiplier is depressed so long as people feel unsafe. This ties the timing of the stimulus to an important milestone as far as safely opening up the economy goes. It gives us all something to work toward.

It is likely this plan will generate some inflation. But that is a relatively small consideration given the problems it would resolve.

Where is the part where Trump cuts taxes again
 
well, freedom boy has his answer on debt and what republicans plan for it is


just go bankrupt
 
I'm shocked the calls for socialism will get louder after a government mandated forced global depression

Shocked that this pandemic will be used to permanently strip freedom
 
One interesting tidbit in today's GDP report. The personal savings rate jumped from 7.6% in Q4 to 9.6% in Q1. I suspect we'll see another large increase in Q2.

We've had both a supply shock and demand shock to the economy. The jump in the savings rate is consistent with my intuition that the demand shock is the more important factor at work. When people are scared and uncertain they pull back.

Helping people to feel safer and more secure is a prerequisite imo to getting the economy going again.
 
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We would have never become the rich and prosperous country because rich people would have never had the motivation to become rich in the richest country on Earth. They would have moved to China or Canada or Mexico to start their fortunes.
 
It sure seems like Trump and the FED are manipulating the stock market. What's gonna happen when they take their toe of the scale?
 
It sure seems like Trump and the FED are manipulating the stock market. What's gonna happen when they take their toe of the scale?

please explain how they would manipulate the stock market. Curious to hear your response.
 
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