{"id":28991,"date":"2017-12-19T07:13:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T12:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28991"},"modified":"2017-12-19T07:13:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T12:13:16","slug":"st-louis-fed-promotes-the-mathematically-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28991","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Fed Promotes the Mathematically Impossible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St. Louis Fed Promotes the Mathematically Impossible<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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It’s bad enough when economic writers are clueless about how markets work. It’s worse when Fed economists are clueless.<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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Check out this Tweet by @StLoiusFed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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View image on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"View<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n
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\"\"<\/span>St. Louis Fed<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span>@stlouisfed<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Negative interest rates may seem ludicrous, but not if they succeed in pushing people to invest in something more stimulating to the\u00a0economy than government bonds http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/2ASFrRz\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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170 people liked this Tweet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Understanding the Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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