Anonymous ID: 86596a March 21, 2019, 4:39 a.m. No.5807877   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7894

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every time I save a pic or doc it is saved at a fraction of the original size. If it is 400kb originally it ends up being 18 or less when it is saved. . The drop down "save as file type " option is only giving me "all files" on things in here. When doing panels it does allow a choice. Any suggestions?

Anonymous ID: 86596a March 21, 2019, 5:08 a.m. No.5808057   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Why The Fed Keeps Propping Up The Market

 

The bull market of the past decade since the Great Recession has been an unusual one: despite all of the economic damage that occurred during the global financial crisis and rising risks (including global debt rising by $75 trillion), it has been the longest bull market in history. The explanation for this paradox is simple: itโ€™s not an organic bull marketbecause the Fed and other central banks keep stepping in to prop up the market every time it stumbles. Though the Fed has two official mandates (maintaining stable consumer prices and maximizing employment), it has taken on the unofficial third mandate of supporting and boosting the stock market since the Great Recession.

 

The chart below, which was inspired by market strategist Sven Henrich, shows how the Fed or other central banks have stepped in with more monetary stimulus (quantitative easing, promises to keep interest rates low, etc.) every time the S&P 500 has stumbled over the past decade:

In turn, household wealth is a major variable that affects U.S. consumer spending. When household wealth is growing, consumers feel more confident and have more buying power, which means that they are more willing to spend money โ€“ a phenomenon known as a wealth effect. Wealth effects can also run in reverse, as it did in the early-2000s and during the Great Recession. Because the U.S. economy has been in such a precarious situation in the last ten years and the federal government has little ammunition left to fight a recession, the Fed has been doing everything it can to prop up stocks and household wealth in order to prevent a reverse wealth effect from occurring. Though household wealth plunged at the end of 2018 (which is why the blue line in the chart below fell so sharply), the Fed panicked and began to boost the market again starting in late-December. By the time the next quarterly household wealth statistic is reported, it will be much higher due to the Fedโ€™s re-inflation of the stock market (the S&P 500 is up 20% from its December low).

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https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-21/why-fed-keeps-propping-market