RE: US Banks rack up $200bn in fines & penalties12 Aug 2022 11:37
In the US they have a select few big banks that are "primary dealers", these primary dealers have to bid for US debt (treasuries/bonds etc) at auction
When people wrongly talk about money printing, the dollars for US debt are coming from primary dealers (also other foreign central banks that have ended up with a lot of dollars through trade) not the Fed, the fed cannot create new dollars they can only edit their own balance sheet numbers to add bank reserves
^ If I get a voucher from JD sports did they print money? my £20 exists with them, a £20 voucher also now exists.. thats £40 :O
Anyway the US rely on this big banks to fund the debt, when they also dont want them to fail because all their citizens bank accounts are with them how harshly are they ever going to treat them? primary dealers can bend and break rules as much as they like as long as its not disruptive to the population and causing politicians a headache