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the low rates had nothing to do with the pandemic.
Yes, it grew out of the mortgage crisis starting in 2008, when the Republicans were trying to sabotage Obama and forced him to compromise on an anemic recovery package. The only other way to keep the economy from crashing was to keep lowering interest rates.