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Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by steveeq1 on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:25AM (#22525574)
I can practically just smell the inflation.
Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by Majromax on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:40AM (#22525711)
> I can practically just smell the inflation.

Then the Fed isn't out of ammunition.

The purpose of Fed easing would be precisely to generate/maintain target levels of inflation. The idea that the "Fed is out of ammunition" is that its conventional policy tool (rate changes) is seen as near a limit, such that the Fed can't generate further inflation if it wants to.

But here, you "smell the inflation," so by definition the contemplated actions are in fact ammunition.