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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Where the Bailout Money Comes From

Updated: June 2 2021,
Author: barrel fan
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Economic Institutions, Fiscal Policy, Money
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Paul Solman explains how the government will produce the money to fund its economic-rescue measures while trying to keep inflation down.

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