Reply To: Inflationary vs non-inflationary deficits

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maester_miller
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So basically, they COULD be buying treasuries with previously existing funds, it’s just very unlikely?

Is there any way we can tell/prove it one way or the other? If Ben Bernanke came out and insisted that he wasn’t buying treasuries with new funds, but rather with the profits the federal reserve has already made, could we prove this statement false?