Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment falls due

Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by yaacov on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @03:15PM (#29180056)

The limiting factor is inflation!

If we get massive deflation from a “dollar short squeeze” (which I don’t actually think is likely but it’s what OP was suggesting) that means we need more inflation, which printing money would produce.

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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by majormajor on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:47PM (#29181375)

Printing money doesn't necessarily create inflation if it doesn't go into circulation.

My understanding is that "printing money" with a jobs program would be more effective at stimulating spending that, say, "printing money" with cheap interest rates (which might just mostly ultimately go into people's bank accounts as they sell assets to people borrowing the cheap money).

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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by mym1990 on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:08PM (#29180830)

This is just treating a symptom, and not the underlying cause(whatever that may be).

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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by seoaeu on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @06:33PM (#29182431)

When the symptom is having too much money to spend, it isn't clear that you want to "treat" the cause in the first place!

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