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That's what the Fed buying $120B a month in Treasuries is for. You don't really think people accept negative 5% real yields on their investments? From the arti
by e4e78a06 5y ago
That's what the Fed buying $120B a month in Treasuries is for. You don't really think people accept negative 5% real yields on their investments?
From the article:
> For the first four months of the 2022 fiscal year that started Oct. 1, the Treasury reported a deficit of $259 billion, a 65% decline from the year-earlier deficit of $736 billion.
At $120B a month basically the entire deficit is being printed away.
- adam_arthur 5y agoThe treasury continues to pay coupon payments to the Fed. Though you're right that Fed is partially monetizing deficit spending, that money gets reabsorbed over time through coupon payments. However, Fed typically will repurchase to keep balance sheet stable. Hopefully they actually do QT like they're saying to start reducing the balance sheet