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Pat Toomey: “I think when the Fed, indirectly through bank intermediaries, nevertheless directly is effectively purchasing the debt…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2011
I think when the Fed, indirectly through bank intermediaries, nevertheless directly is effectively purchasing the debt that we are issuing on a massive scale, something on the order of two-thirds of the deficit that we are running this year, it certainly looks a lot like monetizing it to me.
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Pat Toomey
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Toomey argues that the Fed's actions resemble debt monetization amid high deficits.

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