Thursday, March 8, 2007

Drowning in cheap money

Jubak's Journal
3/6/2007 12:00 AM ET

If there is a major stock market tumble, it won't be the fault of the overall U.S. economy. Instead, point the finger at too much risk-taking in the debt market.

By Jim Jubak

After Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's Feb. 28 testimony, one member of the House Budget Committee asked him whether the sell-off in global stock markets a day earlier -- and in particular the 416-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) -- had changed the Fed's thinking.

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