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2016-01-18 Economy

Royal Bank of Scotland: Cataclysmic Year Ahead

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-18 01:48|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 If oil prices fall, then everything else should become cheaper---niet?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-01-18 03:12|| 2016-01-18 03:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Margins increase. Except for petrol, prices appear to stabilize but decline very little.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-18 06:07|| 2016-01-18 06:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't forget to withdraw all your money from the bank while you're at it!

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-01-18 12:42|| 2016-01-18 12:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Sales of mattresses and mason jars to take off.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-01-18 13:03|| 2016-01-18 13:03|| Front Page Top

#5 If we have a recession every 5 years, but didn't actually recover from the last one despite the funky numbers coming out of Washington, are we still due?

I believe we are in a recession right now. I'm not an economist but think with the right President tearing up regulation and freeing up the economy we could see a really bright 2017 and teh market, seeing that coming might respond early.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-01-18 16:56|| 2016-01-18 16:56|| Front Page Top

#6 With the Fed driving down interest rates so that the stock market was nearly the only place to park money, stocks were inflated and banks could make money by buying treasury notes. Raise rates and like a pin, the stock market bubble bursts.

We haven't had rocket scientists running this country.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-18 17:03|| 2016-01-18 17:03|| Front Page Top

#7 >With the Fed driving down interest rates so that the stock market was nearly the only place to park money, stocks were inflated

Yes raising the price and cost of investment ius the best way to grow the economy.

Keynesianism is establishment bailout (at the people's expense) idiocy .

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2016-01-18 19:28|| 2016-01-18 19:28|| Front Page Top

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