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by pmorici 4805 days ago
One of the reasons rates have remained so low is because the Federal Reserve has bought over 3 Trillion in debt including just shy of 2 Trillion dollars of the US Governments debt. If debt isn't a problem then why is the Federal Reserve continuing to buy US Treasuries which has the effect of suppressing interest rates.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/18/us-usa-fed-discoun...