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by IanDrake 2244 days ago
You can print money indefinitely and not cause inflation as long as there is an equal demand for what you're printing.

USD demand is very high globally and domestically right now. Let's hope that doesn't change over night.

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Demand for dollars won't evaporate overnight. The thing about being a reserve currency is in a crisis, the entire levered world is short your currency.

That, combined with the fact that it's not like any major developed economy is doing that much better, means US goods, services and financial assets are still pretty competitive with the rest of the world.

The dollar is up 40% vs the lows of 2008. When DXY is back at 70, it's time to worry about a crack in the dollar reserve system.

https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/TVC-DXY/

The worry isn't demand dropping over night, since in that case the Fed could just sell the assets it's been buying. The worry is that the value of the Fed's assets will drop overnight.