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The FED monetizes debt by printing money. Then using that money to purchase government bonds. The bonds are sold as a method of covering deficit. The problem lies in the fact that when this happens it causes Aggregate Demand to increase and results in inflation. If the government continually does this, it traps the monetary system into a spiral of increasing inflation and increasing unemployment.

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