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Eric Hovde: “The Federal Reserve had to monetize that debt.”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Eric Hovde Explains How Biden Has Destroyed the American Economy

Published | Video Starts at 02:04

So Joe Biden spent basically $4.7 trillion after the economy had already come out of COVID Remember, we spent about $4 trillion during the heart of COVID So he spent 4.7. Well, when you spend that amount of money, The Federal Reserve had to monetize that debt. And in that process, they increase the money supply by enormous amount. Well, what is inflation? Inflation is too much money chasing a fixed amount of goods and services. (02:04–02:13)

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Asserts that the Federal Reserve monetized the debt from government spending.

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