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Re:U.S. Treasury Yield Curve Inverts for First Time Since 2007 by nramos3 on Saturday March 23, 2019 @03:01PM (#19471810)
FAS157 was the trigger for the recession. Look it up. Hindight is 2020 looking back. It's pretty evident. But yes interest rates higher and the risky investments almost certainly blew things up even more. FAS157 was the spotlight
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Re:U.S. Treasury Yield Curve Inverts for First Time Since 2007 by thoughtstheseus on Saturday March 23, 2019 @04:38PM (#19472227)
We can debate if FAS 157 was “the” trigger but it certainly was not the cause.
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