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Re:Federal Reserve pledges asset purchases with no limit to ... by paganel on Monday March 23, 2020 @08:58AM (#22663633)
> How does injecting money solve a problem that’s not caused by lack of money?

Not an expert on this but decreased money velocity (the thing we witness right now) can be seen from the outside in fact as "lack of money".

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Re:Federal Reserve pledges asset purchases with no limit to ... by SilasX on Monday March 23, 2020 @01:41PM (#22666533)
If low V is due to businesses not being able to get loans when they're sound, sure, that could be called a problem of lack of money.

If low V is due to exogenous factors -- like a virus making their products ultra-low-demand -- then no, that's not a problem of lack of money.

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