Actually the US Treasury print the bank notes, not the Fed. The Fed is in charge of distribution and stocking.
Regardless, cash and bank notes are only a partial amount of what constitute "money". So "creating" money is much more than printing notes, it's increasing the circulation of notes and other monetary units through different mechanisms. The multiplier effect is the actual "printing mechanism"
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Originally Posted by Wiki The U.S. Treasury, through its Bureau of the Mint and Bureau of Engraving and Printing, actually produces the nation's cash supply; the Fed Banks then distribute it to financial institutions |
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