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ars on Sept 9, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Fed now owns nearly 1/3 of all U.S. mortgages

Can the Fed actually make money on all those mortgages?

somebodythere on Sept 9, 2020 [–]

The Fed can make (create) money whenever it wants. That is its raison d'être.

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