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On the recordNovember 11, 2020
When the Fed has to step in to support the markets for Treasury bonds, I view it as sort of the financial equivalent of our military going to DEFCON 2.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Foster compares Fed intervention in Treasury markets to a military alert status.

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