$700B or not I'm not sure this will help us overall. The big difference between now and great depression is that the Government is already running a huge deficit, on top of the current account deficit. Also what foreign treasury investments does the US Government hold that it could cash in? In fact the US is debtor and debt is all held by foreigners. As the global growth falls and US consumers buy less imported goods this will result in less recycled dollars invested back into treasury debt by Chin and Japan et al.
Bottom line is that i-rates will be forced up to attract foreign investment. This will place farther downward pressure on the economy. Fed rate cuts will only depreciate the currency and force commodity prices back up.
Bottom line is that i-rates will be forced up to attract foreign investment. This will place farther downward pressure on the economy. Fed rate cuts will only depreciate the currency and force commodity prices back up.
