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Fed Makes Drastic Coronavirus Cut to Interest Rate in Emergency Action on Sunday

It appears they think we are in deep financial trouble.

I'm not the world's best investor. Actually, I have little in the market. But, this news is unsettling to read, Fed unveils emergency action effort to support economy from coronavirus.

How low can it go? Well, it is now at zero on the interest rate side of things and then there is the borrowing to prop up the bond market. Note, this is the second time in recent days that the Federal Reserve has taken action before a scheduled meeting to "put juice" into the economy. After their last action, the market had a precipitous drop. Monday morning will be interesting to watch ...

The good news for the Federal Reserve is that now they have done everything that President Trump has asked for. There is little more to give! 



Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.