It's not in the fed best interest to cut rates when the US just announced to prepare. That would likely cause a serious crash. To much all at once. IMO. Hongkong is now printing money for its citizens.
Also if the ship is sinking the goal is to not cause a panic. Lie, lie, and lie some more. Only when things are clearly underwater is it time to say... the ship is sinking.
Markets spell serious trouble in the making. Ask a normal person about it and they think everything's fine. The level of on going denial is shocking. I pulled the trigger for a reason. My money's safe.