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bhikkhu

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3. The inflation we've had since covid is the result of QE

Reply to Joinfortmill (Reply #1)

Mon May 26, 2025, 10:48 AM

May 26

Not that I'm an economist, but the whole thing is pretty simple; when there are not enough customers for the treasury bonds that we sell to fund government operations, the fed can come in and buy them. It's basically the "running the printing presses" thing that people complain about, and it dumps money into the system and causes inflation. If the bond markets don't trust the $ anymore (and secret QE is another reason not to trust it), it's not going to take long for things to take a bad turn.

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