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tvhe.co.nz - 3/18/2009
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The Fed is going to buy some government bonds.
Now, if they fund this buy printing money - doesn’t this effectively imply that they are shifting the burden of their recession from taxpayers to bond holders? If so, isn’t this equivalent to a partial default on debt.
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