[Alberta's Child]

The blood transfusion is a good analogy. A quantitative easing scenario is like donating blood to yourself by drawing it out if your right arm and putting into your left arm.

[Graybeard58]

A quantitative easing scenario is like donating blood to yourself by drawing it out if your right arm and putting into your left arm.

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With a second party sucking up half the blood before it gets to your left arm.