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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ 28 Aug 2012

    There once was a man named Bernank, Who didn't want markets to tank… Finish the Fed limerick:http://on.wsj.com/OsSHfB 

    2:30 PM - 28 Aug 2012
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      1. S‏ @zoopiet 28 Aug 2012
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        read the comments! RT @WSJ There once was a man named Bernank, Who didn't want markets to tank… Finish the Fed limerick http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/08/27/finish-the-fed-limerick/?mod=e2tw …

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      1. Robert Pease‏ @PLSnoL 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ #fedlimerick: What's a Fed Chair to do But drop the rate more by 2 And blame the whole mess on Barney Frank

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      1. D Costic‏ @javamom13 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ while Washington lied, & his hands were tied, The country slowly has sank

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      1. OneMoreCorrespondent‏ @ABoleynGirl 28 Aug 2012
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        I love limericks! @WSJ http://on.wsj.com/OsSHfB 

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      1. Steve Watson‏ @stevewatsonau 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ so he printed more greenbacks and the world fell into the throws of a deep recession.

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      1. Barrett Peterson‏ @CFOBP 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ ...so he lowered the rates and opened the gates to a US securities bubble?

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      1. Peter Grant‏ @PeterGrant19 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ He wanted markets to be free, so he opted for more QE, and suddenly the economy once again sank!

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      1. rapps‏ @rappsy14 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ he decided to print more $, hoping the future would b more sunny. dark clouds still remain, so the US was bought and dissolved by Bain

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      1. Matthew Brown‏ @MattDCBrown 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ so the presses would continue to crank

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      1. Colin DeVaughan  📎‏ @yrofcreation 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ If voters are annoyed, He'll be unemployed, 'Cause Romney would give him the yank.

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      1. Stefan Szary‏ @Stefan_Szary 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ so with rates in the gutter, and goldbugs a flutter, ben blasted greenbacks point blank

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      1. Bill Duryea‏ @williamduryea 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ How about this? Quantitative Easing He deemed market pleasing So it's him that Wall Street should thank.

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      1. Fungus Among Us‏ @Fungosity 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ ...but was sadly too smug, and sat back with a shrug, as he watched the decline of the bank

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      1. Pietro Mosby‏ @daevin1 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ ...he adjusted the rates...sometimes a tad late...and received nary a word of thanks!

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      1. Mark Spivey‏ @mark_spivey 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ So he kept those rates low / Crying "there's only one place to go!" / And that would be straight to the bank.

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      1. TXjedi‏ @TXjedi 28 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ but then became friends again, with a typical Keynesian, and reality gave him a spank!

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