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Markets Two (by Silver Singularity)

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In fact it preceded 3 of the last 5 recessions 1982 1990 and 2007. Not a bad start considering that the 2020 recession was a very special one.

Now even if 1990 was a recession year it can be considered as a soft landing, things ended up really well at that time and there’s another period that you should take a look at: 1994 when Greenspan aggressively raised rates without causing a recession.

When you look at the chart the pressure index was raised well above the red line and for a relatively long period of time, why did we end up in a no-landing scenario?

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