US is the new Japan?

[KeithOmalley]

Quote from scriabinop23:

"terrorists..." ... "they hate our way of life"


By the way, the Japanese have enormous private savings to offset their debt obligations, keeping interest rates low.

The US is not quite in the same situation with our negative savings rates.

there debt to gdp is well over 100%, so i do hope they have something to cover that

 

[turkeyneck]

What can the Fed do to get us out of the hole when rates go to 0?

 

[KeithOmalley]

Quote from turkeyneck:

What can the Fed do to get us out of the hole when rates go to 0?

i would of said that acouple months ago, but seems they have a new program every day. they got a bunch tricks

 

[stock_trad3r]

Quote from turkeyneck:

Bernanke makes it official. We are Japan.

Commentary: Race to zero didn't work then, won't work now

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/sto...x?guid={F8AC589F-2F94-478D-9C54-0E4F6BD52F95}

LOL wrong again

Hmmm...Greenspan cut the rates to 1% back in 03 and that began a long bull market.