Andy Lucas
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27-07-2021 09:21:04
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Jesse Felder The public debt is nothing more than the $ spent by gov that haven't yet been used to pay taxes. They sit in the economy as cash and as $ in reserve accounts and securities accounts (tsy secs) on the Fed's books. It functions as the net money supply.
Steven Hail The Gov's Treasury borrows funds the Gov's CB supplies to the buyers of the securities, so on a consolidated basis the Government doesn't borrow.
Relearning Economics Nope. All that QE showed is that with IORB in place, the Fed has no control of anything.