“Government procurement spending or government spending writ large is basically being funded uh through the bill markets and the attraction of that is that the banks are ready buyers for bills”

Bankless · What Is Bitcoin Telling Us? | Michael Howell, Macro Analyst

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describes Treasury QE as funding government procurement through short-dated bill issuance that banks readily buy, monetizing debt

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