Will the U.S. Default? Debt Ceilings, Government Shutdowns, and the National Debt
Money For the Rest of Us
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Capping Interest Rates Leads to Volatile Inflation Statistics
There is an increase in the money supply. And oftentimes that cash was used to buy things, and it would push up prices. The risk longer term is something we've talked about in a number of episodes, the loss of trust. If there's a lack of discipline with the government, an they just spend too much money, the deficit gets too big; people don't want to hold the dollar. That can lead to the currency falling in value relative to other assets and relative to other currencies.
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