Can we start by talking about how modern money works in a more factually accurate way. In particular, can we stop talking about "printing money"? Printing money has no impact on the value of money. I think most people in a forum like this understand that but when we talk that way I worry that someone, somewhere doesn't understand.
Money is created when it is borrowed from a bank or banking institution. Even that is an oversimplification but it is still much more accurate than saying money is created by "printing" it because it isn't. One of the really key things to understand is that the money supply is created by government but it is also created by businesses and individuals.
I don't have a dog in this fight, but it always drives me crazy when people talk about economics in a sloppy way.
Sure, but central banks do influence how much banks can borrow, and hence how fast the currency supply grows. Even someone whose understanding of monetary policy is limited to "The Fed has a big meeting each year to decide what the inflation rate will be" can understand why a deflating currency would be really bad.
Money is created when it is borrowed from a bank or banking institution. Even that is an oversimplification but it is still much more accurate than saying money is created by "printing" it because it isn't. One of the really key things to understand is that the money supply is created by government but it is also created by businesses and individuals.
I don't have a dog in this fight, but it always drives me crazy when people talk about economics in a sloppy way.