What does the Federal Reserve actually do? If you have ever asked that question and gotten a confusing answer full of jargon, you are not alone.
The short version: the Fed controls how much money exists in the United States. And for the last 50+ years, it has been creating more and more of it — which is why everything keeps getting more expensive.
We created a visual flowchart that walks you through the entire process in plain English, step by step:
- How the government borrows money it does not have
- How the Fed creates new dollars out of thin air to buy that debt
- Why this makes prices rise for everything you buy
- The debt spiral that keeps the cycle going — and accelerating
The infographic also includes a side-by-side comparison of the Fed’s dollar versus bitcoin — two fundamentally different approaches to money.
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Understanding how the monetary system works is the first step toward protecting your purchasing power. You cannot fix a problem you do not see.
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