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He's somewhat right.
Obama's economy was a disaster. It was so anemic, it had to be propped up 8 years of unprecedented FED inflationary policies.
The Feds bond buying initiative drove up the value of Treasuries and that drives down interest rates, but lower interest rates without pro-growth economic and tax initiatives do little if anything to grow the economy.
The FEDs cheap money policies benefitted Corporations, Banks, the Stock market and big government advocates and politicians, but it didn't do much for the average American or small businesses.
FED policy through Obama's presidency was a glaring indicator of just how horrible his economy was.
The FED not only entered into a massive bond buying initiative, the FED zeroed out its discount rate which is the rate Banks pay to borrow money to meet their Fed reserve requirements
The Fed lowers this rate in bad economies to incentive new lending, because a lower discount rate makes it cheaper for Banks to lend, but Banks just wound up sitting on Trillions instead of lending it out
You conveniently forget what Obama inherited too. Funny thing about that - selective amnesia.