money printer
Mint's production equipment
Money printer is the machine that prints currency, but the phrase usually appears figuratively to describe central banks creating money through policy rather than literal printing.
When the Federal Reserve expands the money supply, critics say the money printer goes brrr—the "brrr" mimicking mechanical whirring.
The image suggests reckless monetary expansion that may devalue currency or fuel inflation.
Paper currency notes
- mintingProducing official currency
- coinsMetal money units
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- paperPressed pulp for writing
polymer · watermark · counterfeit · legal tender · circulation · denominations · serial numbers · intaglio
Asset purchases to boost economy
- central bankNational currency management institution
- liquidityConvertibility to cash
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
- interest ratesPrice paid for borrowing
government bonds · lender of last resort · Fed · bank rate · financial stability
Lowering of currency worth
- hyperinflationExtreme rapid price escalation
- currency debasementReducing money's intrinsic worth
- purchasing powerEconomic spending ability
- Weimar RepublicGermany's 1919-1933 parliamentary government
stagflation · price surge · overheating · consumer prices · erosion · cost-push
banknotes
Paper currency notes
paper · polymer · watermark · counterfeit · legal tender · circulation · denominations · serial numbers · intaglio · plate
quantitative easing
Asset purchases to boost economy
- central bankNational currency management institution
- liquidityConvertibility to cash
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
interest rates · government bonds · lender of last resort · Fed · bank rate · financial stability
devaluation
Lowering of currency worth
- hyperinflationExtreme rapid price escalation
- currency debasementReducing money's intrinsic worth
- purchasing powerEconomic spending ability
Weimar Republic · stagflation · price surge · overheating · consumer prices · erosion · cost-push
- money makersmint, central bank, treasury, Federal Reserve, Bank of England
money printerausterity
Enforced economic stringency
sound money · tight money · fiscal restraint · balanced budget · hard money
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