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> selling stocks puts downward pressure on price and also p/e ratio…selling bonds increase yields

These are financial effects. It takes extra steps to get to a real effect, unlike spending. (Financial effects are monetarily mediated, which means the Fed can do things.)

> lower growth for a good period of time

Agreed. That’s different from “a prolonged slump” [1][2].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35512928

[2] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/slump.asp



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