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by samantohermes 2333 days ago
These are signs of the upcoming global economic crisis. Companies funded by the FED are simply not sustainable.
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In general, these seem to be Softbank companies, more than anything else, and ultimately, those are funded by Saudi petrodollars.
What does FED stand for in this context?
Federal reserve; the central bank that keeps interest rates below natural market price in order to pump growth, thereby putting too much cash in investors hands to possibly use constructively.

You end up with an investment bubble, which pops.

I assume the Federal Reserve Board aka the central banking system of the US