It is interesting that when real estate prices were rising, the Fed did not raise rates to bring them down, but now that they are falling, the central bank feels compelled to lower rates to prop them up.

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Another view promoted by the Fed is that in forcing interest rates lower we stimulate or at the very least prop up the housing market.

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The rescue package may over time evolve into a rolling series of soft loans, at ever-lower interest rates and increasing maturity, designed to prop up Greece and keep default at bay.

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