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The Federal Reserve chairman says not to worry about inflation, because the Fed can take the money back out of the economy. But can the Fed take the money out without contracting the economy?

The Federal Reserve says not to worry about financing the federal budget deficit. Banksters are buying the Treasury bonds with the proceeds from their sales of their toxic derivatives to the Fed.

So what is happening to the Federal Reserve's balance sheet? And when will the Fed have no recourse but to print new money in order to finance the federal deficit?

How long can the dollar retain its reserve currency role in such circumstances, and how does the U.S. pay for its imports when this role is lost?

Don't look to Washington for answers to these questions.

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Paul Craig Roberts was an editor of the Wall Street Journal and an Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. His latest book, HOW THE ECONOMY WAS LOST, has just been published by CounterPunch/AK Press. He was awarded the Treasury Department's (more...)
 

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Haiti by Mac McKinney on Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:45:53 PM
The US, soon to be a 3rd World country with Nukes by Steven G. Erickson on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:00:25 AM
THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIER PLAN by MARGARET BASET on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:05:47 AM
Graduation Time by Theresa Paulfranz on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 at 2:16:18 PM
THE AMERICA INDIAN by MARGARET BASET on Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 at 3:50:15 AM
Reinvent monetary and credit systems by Jim Eldon on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:11:47 PM
hi and thanks Mr. Eldon by Theresa Paulfranz on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:23:01 PM
sorry by Jim Eldon on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:01:05 PM
Oh Paul. by Adam Smith on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:39:27 PM
A Few Suggestions in the Direction of Sanity by reasonableperson on Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:12:24 AM