Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Why the FED cut the interest rate


You may get this answer from Google Gemini if you ask this question.
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The Federal Reserve (Fed) cuts interest rates to stimulate economic growth. By lowering the cost of borrowing, the Fed encourages businesses to invest and consumers to spend, which can lead to increased economic activity and job creation.

However, it's important to note that the Fed also considers inflation when making interest rate decisions. If inflation is too high, the Fed may raise interest rates to slow down the economy and prevent prices from rising too quickly.

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However if you observe the Japan economy, the negative interest rate has limited impact of the economic growth. On the contrary in the US, the high interest rate has grown the budget of net interest  from 6% in 2022 to 13% in 2024. More than double! The proposed budget is well below the actual spending.


The US national debt is now a whopping 35 trillions. Some may argue that the number itself is pointless. It is the % of GDP that count. However, even that does not paint a good picture.

Yes, the interest rate should come down a little. But to stimulate the economy more needs to be done. Rising tax, esp. import tax does not help. Protection does not build a better American. Globalization does.

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

宜蘭七星嶺步道

 

宜蘭靠近蘇澳的七星嶺步道是假日半天的好去處
從蘇澳冷泉開始走 步道口就在冷泉公園
沿路石階設有一星觀泉 二星觀澳 三星觀山 四星觀樹 五星觀港 六星觀海 賞景平台
讓你感覺快到了 很有成就感
比方說來到五星觀港已是標高219公尺 七星嶺最高也就是230公尺 算是高點了
到了六星觀海有一個大公園跟極佳的視野
如果意猶未竟可以繼續往星嶺公園走 這一段雖然沒有之前的一路爬坡 但也不短 又有日曬 走來不輕鬆 但到了星嶺公園你就會認同不虛此行了
回程可以繼續往前走 到蘇澳運動公園游泳池 在叫車 或者原路折返回到蘇澳冷泉




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