To slow down inflation

10 Responses to “Why would the Fed raise interest rates?”

1. NoticeOfDefault on February 14th, 2009 11:24 pm

   We lost the war … its time to fight now that we see the reality of things, thanks

2. aestheticpikachu on February 15th, 2009 4:13 am

   to give the economy a stimulus they want to put more money in circulation…. really one of the stupidest things that i have ever heard. i think the fed is dumb in general a whole system based around debt. not very smart….

3. aestheticpikachu on February 18th, 2009 12:46 am

   ugh.. you gotta be kidding me. if there is more money in circulation then that means the dollar is more worthless. when they lower interest rates that means they are printing out more money. thats their way of getting more money out to the people. think about it like this…. if there is 1 babe ruth baseball card it is worth more then if there was 6 million of that same card….

4. sample45 on February 20th, 2009 11:29 am

   thanks dude… that answered my question

5. DoctorJohnJGibbons on February 23rd, 2009 5:45 pm

   when you cut rates, inflation sets in. Also, the chinks are through buying our debt. That makes our money less valuable.

6. evgenykravchenko on February 24th, 2009 6:50 am

   I’m confused Because if you were correct than why is it that the FED cut intrest rates by 0.5%, yet the US dollar is now worth 0.98 Canadian dollars. Where as before it used to be worth something like $1.27 Canadian dollars.

7. guslingus on February 26th, 2009 4:20 pm

   Good call…….

8. mde2004 on February 28th, 2009 4:33 am

   you are so smart.

9. papatoony on February 28th, 2009 12:46 pm

   Well the dollar is really weak right now, so why aren’t interest rates even higher??

10. Nu7bsRD9 on March 3rd, 2009 10:45 am

    Watch for a FED intrest rate cut this summer…