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It would be kind of ironic if they were printing them.
by AnthonyMouse 1y ago
It would be kind of ironic if they were printing them.
- biggestlou 1y agoNope, it's self financing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Stabilization_Fund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Stabilization_Fund
- AnthonyMouse 1y ago> The fund began operations in April 1934, under director Archie Lochhead and financed by $2 billion of the $2.8 billion gold surplus the government had realized by devaluing the dollar. > The ESF can convert SDRs into dollars on its account by issuing certificates against them and selling the certificates to the Federal Reserve,[6] and later repurchase them when it has surplus cash. So they did actually fund it by printing money.