re: Biden Economic Advisor Doesn’t Understand ECONOMICS

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But money is actually created by private banks through loans. So every dollar loaned is money, and that money is borrowed at interest.

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Now here is where it gets interesting. As I was writing this, her question actually made more sense. Why? Why do we borrow all the money in circulation? From banks?

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We don't borrow it all from banks. To add another dimension to this, credit cards do the same thing. An aspect I've been harping on for a year now is consumer-created debt. LINK



And a lot of that is running on an interest rate of ~20%. LINK

As inflation has risen, we've seen a rise in delinquencies and defaults. LINK Along with that, we're seeing bankruptcy filings climb. LINK

Every extra dollar created dilutes the value of the already-existing dollars a tiny bit more, consumers creating dollars through debt-creation is no different. As inflation has continued to rise, consumers have tried to offset more and more of it by putting more on their credit cards. The problem is more and more of them are just servicing the debt instead of paying it off (evidenced by savings dropping).

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When the Treasury prints physical currency, it's primarily serving as a medium of exchange for transactions and isn't directly impacting the overall money supply. The money supply is more significantly affected by the actions of the Federal Reserve, such as buying debt or adjusting interest rates.

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I think that needs a little more clarity for those who may not understand why it is so.

The vast majority of USD is digital, not physical ( M2 is something like $20T while there is only around $2T in physical currency), so it can be thought of as physical currency printed up is only creating more physical representations for what already exists digitally.