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Re:U.S. Treasury Data Lab by lumost on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @09:41AM (#28538911)
This assumes that the us has an unlimited ability to monetize its debt. If this is not true than there could be a hard landing for federal borrowing. This was briefly tested in the 1970s when the carter administration issued debt in foreign currency.

The fed could find itself in the position of fighting a structural imbalance such that for every dollar lent to the government the deficit increases by 1.X dollars. This would be the case under rampant corruption, rampant inflation, or an economy collapsing.

Re:U.S. Treasury Data Lab by mariojv on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @01:31PM (#28541954)
More history on the Carter administration's actions if anyone's curious. I'd never heard of this before:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_bonds https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/international/ESF/P...