[rapind]

This is so strange to me. Hasn't Japan been printing money for like decades? How isn't their inflation completely out of control by now?

[donavanm]

Your causality is backwards. The relatively loose monetary policy is because inflation (and economic activity) is too slow.

[rapind]

You're right. I ignored that OP was using USD. Brain fart.

[pjc50]

Printing does not of its own cause inflation. In Japan it seems that efforts to inject money into the economy end up immediately stuck in low interest savings accounts.