The demand for securities (bonds) in financial markets is fundamentally important for macroeconomic stability because it provides the 'lubrication' that allows financial markets to function; government debt serves as a benchmark for private corporate debt markets, expanding the ability to finance deficits without inflation
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“the kind of fundamental demand for securities as the lubrication of what makes financial markets work and it's not only the government debt Market but private corporate markets feed on benchmarks established by the southern”
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Debt Death Spirals, Fed's Losses, & Fiscal Theory Of Price Level | Peter Stella & Joseph Wang— Forward GuidanceCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:58:24 PM
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