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Eric Hovde: “The money supply grew by about 39%, the highest rate we've…”

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

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BRINGING COMMON SENSE BACK INTO GOVERNMENT WITH ERIC HOVDE

Published | Video Starts at 11:17

What does that mean? That means they bought the debt being issued by the federal government, and in doing so, they created more money. So The money supply grew by about 39%, the highest rate we've ever seen in our country's history. Well, what is inflation? It's too much money chasing the same amount of goods and services. So there's no surprise that inflation took off. And what has been the result? (11:17–11:26)

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