Can the Federal Reserve Go Bankrupt?

The Heresy Financial Podcast - A podcast by Joseph Brown

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Can the Federal Reserve go bankrupt? This question might seem a little popostrous at first glance because they can literally print money. But when you take a look at where they actually fund their operating expenses from, it comes from the profits of assets held on their balance sheet. What happens when they get to the point where assets on their balance sheet are unprofitable, causing total losses from them because of their own monetary policy? That's what we're going to answer in this video!