So how does the Fed print 1 trillion dollars ?
I heard they don't even fire up the presses. They do it electronically.
Here is my imagined scenerio
Fed Chairman (F) to Treasury Secretary (T) ... (looking at 1200 page stimulus bill) .
(F) "ok, open up the accounts payable spreadsheet."
(F) "now go to stimulus."
(T) "got it. how many zeros was that again ?"
(F) "twelve ... yea, twelve".
(T) "ok. 1, 2, 3, ..."
(T) "damn. almost payed 10 trillion".
(T) "ok, got it."
(T) hits enter.
(T) "done".
I heard they don't even fire up the presses. They do it electronically.
Here is my imagined scenerio

Fed Chairman (F) to Treasury Secretary (T) ... (looking at 1200 page stimulus bill) .
(F) "ok, open up the accounts payable spreadsheet."
(F) "now go to stimulus."
(T) "got it. how many zeros was that again ?"
(F) "twelve ... yea, twelve".
(T) "ok. 1, 2, 3, ..."
(T) "damn. almost payed 10 trillion".
(T) "ok, got it."
(T) hits enter.
(T) "done".
