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originally posted by: ScepticScot
a reply to: Pr0digalKn1ght
The Bank of England doesn't buy UK treasury debt directly. It can only buy on the secondary market which means someone else has 'lent' the Government money.
Direct financing of government debt by central bank is prohibited under ESCB rules ( of which BOE is a part of).
originally posted by: Pr0digalKn1ght
Fecking economics.
originally posted by: paraphi
originally posted by: Pr0digalKn1ght
Fecking economics.
Yes. But it works. Here's two explanations - the one from the BOE is a bit convoluted.
Positive Money - how central banks create money
BOE - Money creation in a modern economy opens in PDF
originally posted by: Pr0digalKn1ght
So there you have it folks, pretty much exactly what I said in the first place only not officially how I described it because they need to make it appear that the Government debt is the public's problem and isn't just funded directly by banks, they even made a silly law against that to make it appear like banks don't have the absolute monopoly and pretty much 99% alone fund the Gov.
originally posted by: Robbo2006
a reply to: Pr0digalKn1ght
It seems you don’t know yourself and you broke your golden rule.
So where’s your research, It certainly appears to me your a little on the lazy side today