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Re:I Got the Fed to Release Its 2011 "Treasury Default" Play... by User23 on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @06:55PM (#38184861)
Sure there’s the primary dealer figleaf/kickback. Operationally though the Fed is just buying government debt with an extra step.

Also the Fed can just let Treasury run negative balances or any other number of accounting tricks.

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