The Ben-Bernank (or perhaps the Dzhanit) announced that it will be REDUCING THE STIMULUS! Investing LESS money in the vital, economy-stimulating, jobs-creating purchase of GOVERNMENT BONDS!
And the stock market TUMBLED! The Dow ended the day DOWN by NEGATIVE 292 POINTS!
Oh, wait. Down by a negative number is, er. Up.
Never mind.
To the question, "What if we had a government shutdown and society didn't collapse?" we can now add, "What if the government stopped stimulating the economy and the economy started recovering?"
On a suddenly-up afternoon, it's instructive to look at the price of some stock that's been stumbling along for a while, and play "spot the programmed trades." Oh, look! It hit $25.00, and bounced! Then it crept back up, hit $25.10, dropped a bit and wibbled along for a while, then the same at $25.15!
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