Questions and Answers with Greg Womack
Interest rate cuts don't address all economic ills

 

Published: May 1, 2008

Q : With today's quarter-point cut in the target rate, has the Fed about run out of bullets?

A : I think they probably have. Lowering rates in and of itself is not going to cure the financial crisis and real estate price crisis. The more they continue lowering rates, the worse it's going to hurt the dollar , which is causing higher food prices, commodity prices, energy prices. I believe they're probably going to...


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