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Re:Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero by appleiigs on Sunday March 15, 2020 @07:44PM (#22588017)
If you write off 2 months out of 12 months, that's a 17% decrease.
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Re:Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero by onlyrealcuzzo on Monday March 16, 2020 @01:56AM (#22590386)
I think he was talking about the current situation, not the full year perspective.

How is that any different than saying 2 months out of a decade is 1.7%??

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Re:Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero by appleiigs on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:13AM (#22602225)
He has no source. In another comment I pointed out the stock asian market only decreased 20% at the max.
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Re:Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero by taiwanboy on Sunday March 15, 2020 @07:58PM (#22588113)
I said China’s economy collapsed 80-90% in the LAST month
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