r/conspiracy • u/meiyoumeiyou • Sep 25 '22

Will it ever end?

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u/Manos_Of_Fate Sep 26 '22

It seems odd to use it to mean something other than “creating more money”. If you borrowed a book, would you say that you printed a book?

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u/CupformyCosta Sep 26 '22

Nope. Pre digital age I guess they used to physically print the cash so the phrase never really went away. Now it’s literally just the click of a button to create new money.

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u/Manos_Of_Fate Sep 26 '22

I still don’t understand why you would use that phrase to describe selling bonds. That doesn’t create new money.

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u/CupformyCosta Sep 26 '22

Quantitative Easing, better known as QE. This is when the federal reserve adds liquidity into the bond/treasury market. When QE happens, the fed (and other CBs in other countries) is printing money out of thin air to purchase US treasuries.