Originally posted by sasguru
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1. Govt prints electronic paper called gilts and hopes to sell it for "money" to fund projects it never had sustainable revenue to pay for. It never had plan to repay its debts hoping to roll them over.
2. Nobody wants to buy it at low interest rates the Govt wants to sell it for.
3. BoE prints its own electronic paper called money - actual cash can be printed as and when necessary but it's less of a problem these days thanks to electronic transfers.
4. BoE exchanges this "money" for "gilts", soon it will be like 40% holder of UK debt - that's why UK does not see 6-7% on gilts (of course this is later paid by inflation by everybody in the country).
5. Govt spends this money on all sort of projects - this is when cash reaches the economy:
6. Sir Merv writes another letter explaining why inflation is still above mandated threshold.
7. Sir Merv becomes Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire - Dame because he ain't got a pair of balls to stand up to the Govt, both current and previous.
The End.
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