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Economy is bombed out, time to take action!

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    Economy is bombed out, time to take action!

    Eurozone gets fresh help to bolster flagging growth - BBC News

    The European Central Bank has unveiled fresh stimulus measures to bolster the eurozone, including cutting a key interest rate.

    The deposit facility rate, paid by banks on reserves parked at the ECB, was already negative, but has now been cut from minus 0.4% to minus 0.5%.

    The ECB also said it was re-starting quantitative easing. It will buy €20bn of debt a month from 1 November.

    Happy money printing day!

    #2
    Totally bonkers. The day of reckoning will be all the more powerful with this recklessness. 2007/8 will be a historical blip compared to what's coming.

    What will be the Black swan though? Oct 31st? But then that wouldn't be a black swan since we know about it.

    Something has to happen that no one saw coming. I reckon parliament remains closed after prorogation. Westminster does a Stormont. That'll do it.
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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      #3
      Hopefully this is because UK companies are now sourcing from the UK instead of buying from the continent....

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        #4
        Yes - decades of prolonged downturn in manufacturing brought back up to speed in 2-days after extra wall socket was found behind fridge.
        "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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          #5
          Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
          Eurozone gets fresh help to bolster flagging growth - BBC News

          The European Central Bank has unveiled fresh stimulus measures to bolster the eurozone, including cutting a key interest rate.

          The deposit facility rate, paid by banks on reserves parked at the ECB, was already negative, but has now been cut from minus 0.4% to minus 0.5%.

          The ECB also said it was re-starting quantitative easing. It will buy €20bn of debt a month from 1 November.

          Happy money printing day!
          Crappy timing for a No Deal Brexit.

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            #6
            And even with all that money being printed and all this eurozone (imaginary) crisis, the pound will still keep depreciating against the euro!

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            "The boy who cried Sheep"

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