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I'm no economist but I believe they just print more. I think it's called "Quantitative easing".
The Fed doesn’t directly “print” money, physically or electronically. In modern economies debt=money, so by increasing debt the Fed increases the money supply and vice versa. They can increase debt by making it easier for banks to lend, buying Treasuries issued by the federal government, or a combination of the two.
The Fed doesn’t directly “print” money, physically or electronically. In modern economies debt=money, so by increasing debt the Fed increases the money supply and vice versa. They can increase debt by making it easier for banks to lend, buying Treasuries issued by the federal government, or a combination of the two.
But they do create money from thin air.
And they do that so that they can buy debt paper from banks in like amounts.
Banks then have more cash reserves. Bank debt paper has been converted to money and the money supply is increased. (but the same amount less debt paper, so the net is zero)
So as intended with QE, interest rates dropped. But inflation did not rise, much to the surprise of many people after the creation of many new $T's of USD's. Because without more lending of those moneys, there was no more money pushed out into the general circulation.
What is Quantitative easing and what is the point of Quantitative easing?
QE is where a central bank creates money to exchange for a like amount of banks' debt paper. This works to push interest rates lower. And to potentially increase the money supply. Both reasons help a weakened economy recover. As it was post-2008 crash and with early Covid.
What is Quantitative easing and what is the point of Quantitative easing?
Hoonose explained it well. The Federal Reserve through the use of open market operations purchases government bonds and securities. By doing so, it pumps money into the economy. Pumping money into the economy makes more money available for lending. This, in turn, keeps interest rates low.
These were effective policies for fighting recession when economic activity dwindled due to the Covid 19 crisis. The difficulty is that you have to know when to back off. At some point, there will be too much money in circulation and inflation results. Fortunately inflation appears to be way down.
Dollar bills are just a part of cash in the economy. You need enough dollars in circulation to keep the economy moving. As you spend cash it gets some momentum.
May have been a century ago when Confederate dollars flooded the market & became worthless. The printing press issues too many dollars for the people to accept.
IIRC the banks need to buy paper dollars to put them in distribution. When you go to the bank you can request yours. But you need an account at the bank or a check to cash to get anything. Same deal at a ATM machine.
PLEASE DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND. This is not a personal criticism.
You're a victim of the world's greatest propaganda ministry. America's been kaput for 90+ years.
DO NOT BELIEVE ME - go read the law for yourself. It's available in any county courthouse law library.
Since 1933, NO DOLLARS HAVE CIRCULATED. "Saint" Roosevelt "liberated" all gold dollars, and exchanged them with worthless paper notes (debt). [Silver dollars were demonetized in the Coinage Act of 1873]
. . . . .
LEGAL TENDER STATUS
". . .Federal Reserve notes are not redeemable in gold, silver or any other commodity, and receive no backing by anything. This has been the case since 1933. The notes have no value for themselves, but for what they will buy. In another sense, because they are legal tender, Federal Reserve notes are "backed" by all the goods and services in the economy."
[] FRNs are not redeemable since 1933 (a violation of Title 12 USC Sec 411);
[] Government is therefore bankrupt;
[] FRNs are worthless;
[] FDR confiscated all lawful money in 1933;
[] FRNs are legal tender on obligated parties; (U.S. gubmint is an obligated party, according to 12 USC Sec. 411)
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[] They are backed by YOUR goods and labor (FICA makes all participants into obligated parties [contributors] on said notes, so they become legal tender).
How did CONgress get the power to issue IOUs that obligate YOU to pay on them? Isn’t private property protected from being taken, and if it was, just compensation must first be paid?
From 1933 forward, private possession and ownership of gold was illegal for U.S. citizens. Any refusal to return one’s gold was punishable by a fine of $10,000 and 10 years in prison. These exceptional measures were aimed at preventing the general public from storing gold.
United States, Senate Report 93-549 states: "That since March 09, 1933 the United States has been in a state of declared national emergency." Proclamation No. 2039 declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 9, 1933. This declared national emergency has never been revoked and has been codified into the US Code (Title 12 U.S.C. sec. 95a and b).
"A majority of the people of the United States have lived all of their lives under emergency rule. For 40 years (as of the report 1933-1973), freedoms and governmental procedures guaranteed by the Constitution have, in varying degrees, been abridged by laws brought into force by states of national emergency."
FREEDOMS ... GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION ... HAVE BEEN ABRIDGED BY LAWS ... UNDER EMERGENCY RULE ...
Constitutional U.S.A. (1789 - 1933) R.I.P.
Welcome to the Peoples Democratic Socialist Republic of America.
The dollar only has value in the goods & services it can buy. With $5 get a haircut, a gallon of milk, 2 dozen eggs, maybe 2 gallons of gas. You decide.
When items are in short supply prices go up. With the same $5 can't buy as much stuff. An oversupply of cash can have the same effect. If money becomes worthless you can't buy anything with your $5.
For the government only costs the paper & the ink to "create" money by running the press. Has no relation to the cost of goods. Maybe you have more dollars in your hand but can't buy anything with it.
If the money is in short supply you don't have the cash to get your haircut. You may have to resort to a barter system where you trade something else for the haircut. Maybe you have to agree to sweep the floor. If they pay you $1/hour need to work 5 hours for the $5 haircut.
Most money exists on balance sheets, not printed - about 11% is actually printed (2022 number $2.26T in circulation in bills vs M1 money supply number of $19.82T).
Money is "created" by buying securities (or other means) and increasing the cash levels on a bank's books.
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