money printer

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money printer (plural money printers)

  1. (informal, humorous) A notional "printer" representing a government's ability to issue money.
    • 2022 January 13, Stan Choe, “As the Federal Reserve's money printer quiets, markets shake”, in AP News[1]:
      The shakiness hitting Wall Street isn't just because the Federal Reserve's money printer that’s supporting markets is slowing, but that it may soon go into reverse.

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