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"Printing money" is only a euphemism for "expanding the money supply." I thought that would be obvious. I know the Fed doesn't actually print the currency or mi
by blergh 18y ago
"Printing money" is only a euphemism for "expanding the money supply." I thought that would be obvious. I know the Fed doesn't actually print the currency or mint coins.
- likpok 18y agoBut printing money and expanding the money supply have different effects on the economy. Printing money necessarily causes inflation; expanding the money supply does not ( it depends on where AD and AS are relative to each other).