I took one course in Economics in college because that's all that was left and I needed it to fill out my credits. I didn't understand what he was talking about right from the first day and it didn't get any better.
So here's my problem. The Federal Reserve just increased interest rate by .75% with the good news that another increase would be coming later in the summer. This is all done to ward off recession.(I think it's already here) So the interest rate will increase the rate on credit cards, car purchases, housing and everything else and they say our pay check will be less to. I'm not sure about that but it certainly won't go as far.
Finally to the point. If all these things are going to cost us more how will that help to ward off recession? Please don't be a college professor and explain it to me in six syllable words. Just single syllable layman's grunts will do just fine.,
My wife has several health issues so I will be away from the computer fot the next several hours Thanks

At nine years of age, my Mom & Dad brought me a 2nd hand beat up old Conn cornet for X-Mas. I had been requesting to play an instrument for a while. My Dad picked up the Conn in an antique shop for $30. It had stuck valves, slides and was falling apart, but with a little help it played. I took lessons from an Italian man who traveled by public bus and three blocks walking to my house, for $2 a lesson. I took lessons until I was 13. At age 11, the cornet stopped playing so I was given a brand new Bach Stradivarius trumpet for my birthday. Wow!!! In the summer of my 10th year, I heard a recording of Clyde McCoy's, "Sugar Blues" and one of Bunny Berrigan's, "I Can't Get Started". I bought the records (78) and a Wah Wah mute and played them until the scratches were louder than the music, but I learned the tunes. My uncle was a radio engineer and received many comp records. The station in Newark, NJ, did not play jazz, so I inherited many records. Among them was Harry James' recording of "You Made me Love you" with Helen O'Connell doing the vocal. You guessed it - I wore that record out too, but I learned the tune. I continued playing along with recordings of Harry James, Benny Goodman, Ziggy Elman Ray Anthony, Miles Davis, Freddy Hubbard, Chet Baker, Maynard Ferguson, Bird, Lee Morgan and others until I was 73. Two years ago, I gave my Bach trumpet to my grandson.

Here are the original recordings of Clyde McCoy, Bunny Berrigan and Harry James:
https://youtu.be/SjemjB3kgAM
https://youtu.be/D1ycvlgrKW4
https://youtu.be/bMaCoxOGXPM


Thanks for your interest and viewing, Thanks for putting up with a little of my personal music history.
Mark

We were having dinner tonight and I asked her what music she would like during dinner. She thought a moment and said, "Linda Ronstadt". About two months ago we had a Sonos Arc installed for the TV. As a feature of the Sonos system, I was able to tap into my complete music library on a dedicated hard drive in my PC. I have 43,000 mp3 files, including many full albums. I converted(ripped) many of my CD's to mp3 files. I have thousands of files from the former Napster and Limewire and thousands of Youtube audio tracks in my music library. I purchased two additional Sonos speakers which allows me to listen to any of my music files on my PC. Amazing technology.

So, I opened the Sonos app on my iPhone and found Linda's "Round Midnight", double CD album. (she won one of her 10 Grammy's for this incredible album.) Here is the title song of that album. Unfortunately, the entire album is not available on Youtube. If you have not heard this absolutely incredible album, see if you can find a few of its tracks. Well worth the effort. Here are two of the tracks:

Round Midnight (BTW - A Thelonious Monk composition) https://youtu.be/jORG_mTjXQE
I've Got a Crush on You - same album https://youtu.be/Ux-GrEsC95U

Enjoy,
Mark