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What Printing Money Can Do

By The Daily Dish
Jun 2 2009, 6:08 AM ET

Bears

Jack McHugh on yesterday's rally:

I worry less about the monthly squiggles in the economy than I do about how we pay for everything in the out years. It may all be a bit confusing, but that’s what printing money tends to do. The excess liquidity tends to find a way into the asset markets, and it gives everyone an ersatz sense of confidence.

(Chart by Doug Short)



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