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by mindslight 508 days ago
Going right back to ZIRP will cede the Fed's credibility. Primary monetary creation needs to be done by the Treasury spending money for deliberate productive purposes, rather than given away as cheap undirected loans to banks so they can continue pumping up leveraged asset bubbles.
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> Going right back to ZIRP

Sub 2 percent inflation, not sub 2 percent real interest rates.