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1StrongBlackMan

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3. I strongly suspect ...

Reply to skippercollector (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 06:35 PM

Dec 2012

that if this "government printing money=hyper-inflation" narrative spreads wide enough, some of the previously financially illiterate will discover that "money" is illusory.

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dumb question about printing money in the us [View all] skippercollector Dec 2012 OP

yes it is sent to banks notadmblnd Dec 2012 #1

Here ya go.......... thelordofhell Dec 2012 #2

I strongly suspect ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #3

US Treasury Bureau of Printing and Engraving produces the paper money FarCenter Dec 2012 #4

There's "money" and there's "cash". bluedigger Dec 2012 #5

. Prometheus_unbound Dec 2012 #6

The basic answer is that they use the newly printed money to buy Treasury Bills on the open market. DanTex Dec 2012 #7