Which means governments can print or they can spend, but they can’t do both simply because production buys goods, services, and labor, not printed money. Markets are wise.

After the 2008 financial crisis, the Fed expanded its balance sheet from $900 billion to $4.5 trillion through multiple rounds of QE, creating roughly $3.6 trillion out of thin air. By the end of that ...

To understand money supply growth, it is essential to distinguish between reserve creation and deposit creation. Garrett argues that referring to the Fed’s operations as 'money printing' is not merely ...

The U.S. government’s relentless money printing fuels inflation and widens the wealth gap, but stopping it could cause an even deeper recession. Here’s how to protect your finances through smart ...

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US economist Larry Jeddeloh says the US and China are locked in an economic war that will fuel inflation, and the Federal Reserve will need to restart quantitative easing. The US central bank is ...

Fed operations create reserves, not spendable money; real money is created when banks make loans, meaning QE changes the form of liquidity, not the quantity of broad money in the economy.