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#337: Q1 2022 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

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The Fed Creates Interest Rates

The central bank is buying government bonds to prop up the price of their debt. It's not about curing the economy and making rates cheaper for all of us, says Peter Bergen. He argues that if other buyers did not exist, prices would be higher than they otherwise would have been. Inflation will never come back down because it has become the new normal in America.

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