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Comment by DarkmSparks

5 hours ago

From the adminstration

Fed independance is about tempering that policy so UST still has buyers.

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grey-area  4 hours ago

Fed policy is explicitly controlled inflation (2% target).

  • pjc50  3 hours ago

    2% inflation isn't going to inflate away the debt any time soon. It's basically as close to zero as can be realized without going under.

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