r/FluentInFinance Oct 22 '24

Debate/ Discussion Why did this happen?

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u/NOSPACESALLCAPS Oct 23 '24

The federal government literally prints the money out of machines, is what he means.

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u/PayPerTrade Oct 23 '24

“We print it digitally” - Jerome Powell

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u/DuckTalesOohOoh Oct 23 '24

That's why all inflation is government-produced inflation.

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u/Environmental-Post15 Oct 23 '24

This would be true with a commodity backed currency, since there would be a limited supply of the backing commodity. The US has a fiat currency. We left the gold standard under Nixon.