• shortwavesurfer
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    7 months ago

    Is that only taking into account physical printing or all printing of money even the digital shit? We already know that 99% of the money that exists in the US dollar is not physical. They can be “printed” just by adding some numbers on a computer.

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      7 months ago

      Digital stuff is not adding more money bills, and it was also done before it was digital. That is just banks loaning out more of their reserve, like I mentioned in my first comment. It has no effect on the number of bills. It’s a very different thing and not related at all. The fed can effect this by changing how much they’re required to keep in reserve though. You’d have to look at that value to know.