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“Lost Decade Ahead?”
And yet how slow could a full economic recovery be, when 2020 also saw stock markets hitting all-time highs?
Well, look at the fuel behind that fire...
It’s the same “gasoline” America’s leaders chose to pour on the financial dumpster fire that struck the country in 1929.
Markets crashed, so the President, Federal Reserve, and economic advisors of the country took swift action.
Interest rates were slashed to near zero...
The Federal Reserve turned on the printing presses...
The President approved dozens of stimulus programs, bailouts, and relief efforts for the unemployed...
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