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by angrycontrarian 1356 days ago
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. The claim that printing away 127% debt-to-GDP won't lead to hyperinflation is very extraordinary, and yet you still haven't posted evidence from an authoritative source.
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> The claim that printing away 127% debt-to-GDP won't lead to hyperinflation is very extraordinary

That's not the claim. Government bonds are like 30 years, so it's not 127% of the GDP all at once. Second, the context was not all debt everywhere, it was Chinese held debt, which is at about 5% of GDP, without spreading it across the duration of the bonds.

> you still haven't posted evidence from an authoritative source.

https://www.theonion.com/fed-raises-interest-rates-in-effort...

If you don't have an authoritative source, then you're spreading misinformation.
Can you cite a source for that claim? Because it sounds false. I suspect you may be the one spreading misinformation?