Is the U.S. / Democrats printing money?

Is there a way to find out if money is being physically printed and how much?

An old military friend mentioned that since Biden took office the printers were on for days at times.
He specializes in the logistics and delivery of government items. And thinks he has been transporting huge loads of money again.

Last time he saw this was under Obama when the new style hundreds came out. Printers on for days.
Huge stocks piles of physical cash. Warehouses full of new hundreds.

Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to see if the u.s. printed more money under Democrats and if there is a connection. Like debt limits are there printing limits? Because it seems like the Democrats are purposely triggering inflation , as they are following the steps one by one.

a reply to: Bloodworth

Most of the money introduced to circulation isn't physical cash.

The lowering of interest rates and the fractional reserve system create more supply through loans. Then there are the loans for stock purchases, and federal reserve asset buying programs that puts money in the hands of investors who sold and corporations issuing the bonds.

There's no reason to create physical money to stimulate the economy, it's more expensive.

To your question of supply increase, yes the admin is doing it. Though it's not necessarily Bidens call, I'm sure he supports it.

a reply to: CriticalStinker
What I think the OP is talking about is not about loans, federal reserve, investors or bonds.
He's alluding to the ordinary man in the street, the CASH in his pocket. That's , to him, disposable income, not what to invest but what it will buy him at that time. Whether it be goods or food or even holidays.
CASH, does not need to hit any bank or institution, it is the value in the mans pocket, the everyday items and THAT is what they want to take away because to the ordinary man cash is power, buying power.

Yes they is.

originally posted by: Bloodworth
Is there a way to find out if money is being physically printed and how much?

An old military friend mentioned that since Biden took office the printers were on for days at times.

Your friend doesn't get out much. In 2017 the US Bureau of Printing and Engraving produced about 38 million bills every day 98% of these go to replace bills that are taken out of circulation because they're damaged or worn.

In addition to printing money for the US, the US mints also print for other countries.

a reply to: crayzeed

No, I think it's clear OP is talking about fiscal policy and an increase in USD supply.

They're right, but it's digital. That part may be nitpicking, but I think it's important to recognize the mechanisms that increase supply if you want to keep an eye on it in the future.

The second point in his post is that it's either a continuation by the democrats, or exclusive to them. The latter would be incorrect, the former is semi correct since the dems have the government... But US financial policy is set by congress and the federal reserve, in this instance the fed is more relevant.

a reply to: Bloodworth As if any of this has to do with actual domestic organic government.

a reply to: Bloodworth

yer look'n fer

(assuming we can actually trust government information as true) 😸

and large volume might be for lots of smaller bills getting printed 👃

Currency in Circulation

[long slow loud whistle]

With Obama calling the shots again they might just be sending it overseas by the boat load

Quantitative Easing, i.e. printing money, has been pretty much in operation, unabated, since 2008'ish, when the housing crash occurred. This is in concert with the suppression of interest rates, which has had the two-fold effect of pushing the savings of Everyday Jane/Joe out of CDs/traditional savings accounts & into equity markets, as well as enabling institutional investors to massively profit from the bubble in equities by acquisition of "free money" (lending w/o interest) to purchase stocks.

While Q.E. is a philosophical tenet of economists that lean more left, we should be clear that the ones operating (or I should say directing the operation of) the Greenback printing presses are the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve has been and is an apolitical entity that is neither answerable to the Democratic party, the Republican party, or whichever flavor happens to be operating the levers of power.

I suggest researching more on the Federal Reserve/central banks, and you'll find that the economic policies we're seeing implemented go beyond D vs R political jousting.

originally posted by: SleeperHasAwakened
Quantitative Easing, i.e. printing money...

Quantitative easing is not printing money, it's the central bank purchasing it's own bonds and is related to the prime rate being too low.

originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: Bloodworth

Most of the money introduced to circulation isn't physical cash.

The lowering of interest rates and the fractional reserve system create more supply through loans. Then there are the loans for stock purchases, and federal reserve asset buying programs that puts money in the hands of investors who sold and corporations issuing the bonds.

There's no reason to create physical money to stimulate the economy, it's more expensive.

To your question of supply increase, yes the admin is doing it. Though it's not necessarily Bidens call, I'm sure he supports it.

You are correct, but when the new style 100 dollar bills came out, it was physical.
Can there ever be so much physical cash available that its value disappears?

a reply to: Bloodworth

Again, the physical printing of money pales in comparison to the other beasts at play.

We have made adjustments to a large number of variables that drive the market. The questions are what are going to be the repercussions of these actions?

Reverse repo, fed purchasing assets, lowering of interest rates driving entities to invest instead of saving or buying bonds, real estate buying frenzied, ect ect.

My concern is they've kept this going past the rebound point precovid adjusted for inflation and we're breaking records. You have to ask yourself if anything is at play that justifies certain aspects of the market breaking records... What is different now than before covid that should give the appearance of record growth?

Focusing on just physical cash or one party distracts us from the root causes because we're focused on the symptoms.

This is a continuation of decades long bad habits. And it's important to know how all of this is possible without learning lessons.

originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: Bloodworth

and large volume might be for lots of smaller bills getting printed 👃

Currency in Circulation

[long slow loud whistle]

That's exactly correct. The lowest denomination bills are the most used, have the highest number in circulation, and have the shortest "lifetime" before they're too damaged to be useful (around 2 years.)

originally posted by: Bloodworth
You are correct, but when the new style 100 dollar bills came out, it was physical.
Can there ever be so much physical cash available that its value disappears?

Yes. Happens in a lot of third world countries. The most famous case I know of historically is the Weimar Republic hyperinflation in Germany in the 1920's.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: SleeperHasAwakened
Quantitative Easing, i.e. printing money...

Quantitative easing is not printing money, it's the central bank purchasing it's own bonds and is related to the prime rate being too low.

Wrong. Quantitative Easing involves the central banks purchasing a broad variety of securities from the market place, including assets like stocks and corporate debt. Where do you think the money they use to purchase those securities comes from, if not thin air?

What Is Quantitative Easing (QE)?

Quantitative easing (QE) is a form of unconventional monetary policy in which a central bank purchases longer-term securities from the open market in order to increase the money supply and encourage lending and investment. Buying these securities adds new money to the economy, and also serves to lower interest rates by bidding up fixed-income securities. It also expands the central bank's balance sheet.

edit on 3-1-2022 by SleeperHasAwakened because: (no reason given)

For those that aren't aware of what Quantitative Easing truly is, there are lots of resources and sites that will explain it to you. Gregory Mannarino's work will break it down into easily understandable sound bytes.

It you don't think that Q.E. doesn't have an inflationary impact on monetary policy (i.e. "printing money", "helicopter money", "numbers on a screen"), it's time to hit the books and read up a bit more.

ETA: actually Wikipedia's entry on Q.E. is pretty on the mark too.

Quantitative easing (QE) is a monetary policy whereby a central bank purchases predetermined amounts of government bonds or other financial assets (e.g., municipal bonds, corporate bonds, stocks, etc.) in order to inject money into the economy to expand economic activity

My God, if only the central banks were just buying their own debt, Q.E. wouldn't have such a bad rap. But giving corporations free money is a key cog of this thing, and a fundamental reason people are so p!ssed off at the Fed.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: SleeperHasAwakened
Quantitative Easing, i.e. printing money...

Quantitative easing is not printing money, it's the central bank purchasing it's own bonds and is related to the prime rate being too low.

Technically correct on the first part.

They usually don't bother actually printing currency, it's done digitally with a mouseclick.

Exact same thing though.

Still money being created from thin air.

originally posted by: SleeperHasAwakened
Wrong[/url]. Quantitative Easing involves the central banks purchasing a broad variety of securities from the market place, including assets like stocks and corporate debt

LOL. You source says what I said. It's primarily T-Bills but if you want to be pedantic and think that I'm not aware other instruments are not part of that's on you.

This is also not the same as 'printing money' which is about increasing the M3 without the velocity being a prime factor.

a reply to: Ghostsdogood

See above, there is a difference.