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Re:The Fed Will Buy Bond ETFs Now by sschueller on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @03:59PM (#23158965)
Is the US effectively pushing their dept to other nations? Unlike any other currencies were it would just inflate it appears the rest of the world's central banks keep buying more and more dollars to keep the exchange rates stable enogh against their own.

At the enormous amount of money being created I would assume Simbabwe or German like inflation but I don't see it happening. Exchange rates are more or less the same as a year ago.

Re:The Fed Will Buy Bond ETFs Now by User23 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @12:52AM (#23163587)
> Is the US effectively pushing their dept to other nations?

It's actually the exact opposite of this. Other nations, such as Germany, are hungry to run an export surplus. Since the USA is only willing to buy foreign goods with dollars, this means that Germany must accumulate dollars as a result of its export driven economy.

The whole notion that being a net exporter is virtuous and being a net importer is reproachable is obvious nonsense. Everyone can't be a net exporter after all, a counterparty is required. That said I find the notion that a nation could grow its GDP by "exporting" in the form of producing goods and then launching them into space comical, to say the least.