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Is the Fed the Only Means of Creating Money?
Posted Jun 20, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
QUESTION: I am confused. Is it true that only the Federal Reserve can create money and not the Treasury? HB ANSWER: It all depends upon your definition of money. [...]
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Federal Reserve & Elastic Money & NY Clearing House Certificates
Posted May 2, 2017 by Martin Armstrong
QUESTION: Why do you support the fed in what you call elastic money and not a gold standard? ANSWER: As usual, you listen to the nonsense about how the Fed is owned [...]
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Did the Fed Create Cash or Debt with QE?
Posted May 8, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; some people say you are wrong because the Fed did not create “cash,” but rather made more debt available through the QE [...]
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Elastic Money
Posted Jan 26, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I have not read anywhere else how the money created by the Fed you call elastic will evaporate when the bonds they bought mature. You seem [...]
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