When does U.S. MMT policies end? And how can we make money or protect ourselves from it?

Obligatory, this is not investment advice.

First MMT policies: LINK

It certainly seems like congress will never stop spending more than tax revenues. Here is a screen cap of federal deficit over the years:




When congress is short on money they sell bonds. The main issue is not necessarily the debt through bonds it's the type of debt. You have federal debt (bonds) bought by institutions who can't print money and federal debt bought by the Federal Reserve who does print money. The Federal Reserve steps in and buys treasury bonds to keep interest rates low. Here is a picture of the current Federal Reserve balance sheet:



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Yeah, needless to say the Federal Reserve has been printing.




But who is getting this money and how is inflation being held in check?

Obviously the federal government is getting this money and they are doling out the money to failed blue states and cities and chump change stimulus to people. The answer to inflation from people that support MMT is taxes. Taxes keep money out of consumers hands and prevents runaway inflation. Another answer is this:



Yes, keeping the public ignorant. Here is some evidence of an ignorant populous:



But how can we protect ourselves from MMT? Precious metals seem to be a place to store money to protect yourself from MMT:




Then there is crypto currency. Crypto has been on a nice little bull run offering a lot more than just protection to crypto investors.

The Federal Reserve has noticed.





Sure, a lot of money can probably be made in crypto but IMO the uncertainty of when and how governments take over crypto is dangerous especially for long term investors.

So what vehicles have been valuable in inflationary cycles? From Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame:




What are "real assets"?

And I guess MMT policies will never end.

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