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Can the Fed Really Print Money? What Would Negative Interest Rates Do?

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However, in Hoisington's Third Quarter 2015 Review , economist Lacy Hunt makes the claim the Fed cannot print money. Ben Bernanke Says the Fed Prints Money In Ben Bernanke's first infomercial on 60 Minutes in March of 2009, interviewer Pelley asked Bernanke point blank: " You've been printing money? Let's take a look, emphasis mine.

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FOMC Minutes and Economic Projections: Dissent in Both Directions

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percent for 2015. All participants saw the appropriate target for the federal funds rate at the end of 2015 as still well below their assessments of its expected longer-run value. Participants also described their views regarding the appropriate path of the Federal Reserves balance sheet. percent at the end of 2015.