money printer is takin' a break

> And unlike earlier periods of heavy debt, the Federal Reserve is no longer a big buyer of Treasuries, placing a heavy burden on private-sector investors.

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iAMkenough a day ago | parent [-]

pretty sure they’re literally printing useable currency with Trump’s face on it, cause printing money is cool again

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kube-system 21 hours ago | parent [-]

Not only is that not happening, it is currently illegal for the mint to do so.

You may have seen the headline recently where Sec. Bessent held up a mockup of a bill printed out on a regular sheet of letter paper[0], and there's bill circulating to change the law, but it will not pass[1].

0: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/97ed/live/f6126...

1: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1761

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iAMkenough 21 hours ago | parent [-]

Where my recollection came from:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-mint-produces-a-1-...

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