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St. Louis Fed researchers say negative interest rates may be needed for economic recovery

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MarketWatch/Steve Goldstein/6-2-2020

famous photograph of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in open car“‘Aggressive policy means that the U.S. will need to consider negative interest rates and aggressive government spending, such as spending on infrastructure,’ the researchers said.”

USAGOLD note:  We’ve said it before.  To find a comparable moment in history, you would have to back to FDR’s New Deal in 1933.  What it means to the contemporary economy, the dollar and gold remains to be seen.


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