If money can be printed why do our government borrows money from other country?

[Mr_Brilliant$]

Money cannot be printed at will. One major reason for this is that printing more money increases inflation and then the value of the money decreases. Therefore, many countries borrow to keep the economy under control and maintain international confidence. Countries do not borrow just for money but also to build strategic relationships. Through which trade benefits increase.

Exactly. Printing money freely would just push inflation up and reduce its value..  Borrowing is more about managing the economy than lacking money..
It helps governments fund projects without destabilizing the currency, and it also builds trust, credit history, and international relationships that can improve trade and investment opportunities among countries..

[Out of mind]

I am still shocked to know that even when money can be printed as much as possible, countries, nations goes after each others to borrow money but yet they can on their own print money instead of having to go borrow and leaving the nation indebted other nations. Just as for instance our country do borrows money from China.

Is that right or they are trying to maintain economic value?
What do you think?

The government can print a lot of money if it wants, but it will completely collapse the economic position of the country. If excess money is printed, it will be seen that our country's economic position has gone to a very low level, and inflation will start happening which will cause more harm to a country. And when a country takes a loan from another country, a good relationship will be created with them and various exports and imports will take place which will strengthen the economic position of a country. Therefore, the government does not want its country to suffer, that is why it does not print excess money and they try to improve their country by taking loans from other countries and doing trade to keep their economic position good.

[jostorres]

If the government starts printing money uncontrollably, this will lead to increased inflation. Many governments have gone through this repeatedly, but despite this, this lesson is poorly learned and some governments still consider this the right thing to do to solve their financial problems, and thereby create conditions for increased inflation and economic decline.

Yeah that's true but what’s still shocking to me is what are they borrowing money for Because basically we do not see what they are using it to do like there's no development, no jobs, for that I believe the money is definitely not to invest in the country. Basically I like to believe that the system is corrupt and this corruption is driven by the leaders who are supposed to actually stop it . unfortunately when the government borrows money from another country they are using the country's name to borrow it and because of that, instead for the economy to grow it makes everything worse. Indeed this leaves the country in  a debt yet the money it's all for their personal gains because they will never say what they are using it for...

​Overall yeah they are trying to maintain the economy value but then there is no value in an economy if borrowed money aren't used for the economy so I still don't accept the fact that the government borrows from other countries...

While it's true that governments may not use the borrowed money to make more money and help themselves, it's also obvious that corruption will not end today if they just stop borrowing and start printing. So when they do borrow, at least they will have to pay later, and thanks to inflation the value would be lower, whereas if they print today then the price will go up and your money will be devalued.

It means corruption and governments spending money on useless stuff would be going on either way. They will keep on spending money on stuff so useless that they are not going to end up with a good result, not now, not in the future, hell even "good" politicians end up not being able to stop waste, and it keeps happening because it is so deeply ingrained in the governments function.

[9ja Amaka]

It's true the evert government can print as much money as they want, but rather they choose to borrow from other countries. The reason is very simple, if a government continues to print money as much as they want, it will definitely lead to inflation and also drop the value of their currency which in turns will crumble the nations economy. No government will want to do this to its nation's economy,  so that's why they still borrow, despite the fact that they have access to print as much money as they want.

[Juicyhome]

It's true the evert government can print as much money as they want, but rather they choose to borrow from other countries. The reason is very simple, if a government continues to print money as much as they want, it will definitely lead to inflation and also drop the value of their currency which in turns will crumble the nations economy. No government will want to do this to its nation's economy,  so that's why they still borrow, despite the fact that they have access to print as much money as they want.

That's the lie the Western world keep telling Africa, China print money, US print too. They will lie just to keep Africa in darkness. Just the way the lies about weapon of mass destruction, they all have it and they are building it daily but Africa and others third world should not build because it's a threat to Intentional community.
It's all policy to keep some parts of the world in poorly and powerless, When Gadafi was a live in liberia as President he was printing money and that's why he had enough money to sustain the government and country economy, same to Abacha in Nigeria he was printing money too.

You don't print to save , county print for capital projects that can generate money, that's why they don't print always, but government print money to cover up loses and to boost the economy.

[asrinur]

I am still shocked to know that even when money can be printed as much as possible, countries, nations goes after each others to borrow money but yet they can on their own print money instead of having to go borrow and leaving the nation indebted other nations. Just as for instance our country do borrows money from China.

Is that right or they are trying to maintain economic value?
What do you think?

good question, basically a government can print money but printing money does not come without consequences. printing money would have a direct effect on the economy like inflation saving lose value and wages would fall behind. so taking this into consideration they would rather borrow money that is already in circulation even if this means borrowing from other countries, has less on an impact but does mean interest

[Abdulzuruku01]

I am still shocked to know that even when money can be printed as much as possible, countries, nations goes after each others to borrow money but yet they can on their own print money instead of having to go borrow and leaving the nation indebted other nations. Just as for instance our country do borrows money from China.

Is that right or they are trying to maintain economic value?
What do you think?

Devaluation of the country corrency is one of the major problems that country may face and even though there is economic regulations and legal authority that governing the printing of money in each nation, still I heard before that there was a way of how some of the leaders manipulated and print the money with serial numbers with out trace of them been cougth nor identifie and again It's can also fall the  economy of that country and quickly cause high inflation in the country. it's well making sense by country to find a way to boost their own economy or borrow from other countries rather than to print their own money.

[DrBeer]

I am still shocked to know that even when money can be printed as much as possible, countries, nations goes after each others to borrow money but yet they can on their own print money instead of having to go borrow and leaving the nation indebted other nations. Just as for instance our country do borrows money from China.

Is that right or they are trying to maintain economic value?
What do you think?

If you start printing your own money to solve your economic problems, you will very soon repeat the path of the Weimar Republic, Zimbabwe, Iran, or similar countries that decided to “print money.” The economy does not like “empty” money that is not backed by anything. Every bill printed in this way immediately reduces the value and purchasing power of all other bills issued by your bank. Do you like this scenario? I'm not so sure

[bhadz]

The perfect example of countries that have printed tremendous of their money are Venezuela and Zimbabwe. You'd see on their currency that they've got a lot of zeros in it and that's no longer a good sign that they have a healthy economy. While life is continuing there, what most people use there is US dollars and that helps them in keeping up the hyper inflation that they are experiencing. And from that example of what's happening in that two countries due to inflated supply of their fiat in their economy, it resulted to higher inflation.

[AmoreJaz]

The perfect example of countries that have printed tremendous of their money are Venezuela and Zimbabwe. You'd see on their currency that they've got a lot of zeros in it and that's no longer a good sign that they have a healthy economy. While life is continuing there, what most people use there is US dollars and that helps them in keeping up the hyper inflation that they are experiencing. And from that example of what's happening in that two countries due to inflated supply of their fiat in their economy, it resulted to higher inflation.

Inflation is indeed the enemy of printing too much money. And countries have seen such impact to their economy. So why would they print money if they will suffer such financial problem? Hyper inflation will just create their fiat useless. So I don't think the government will opt to that route. They will just borrow money instead of printing more of their fiat to avoid this hyperinflation and protect their currency.
They can always explore their natural resources and develop what they have just like a perfect example - the Singapore. A very small country, and yet very progressive one. It means, it depends on the government who is steering its people to progress.

[bhadz]

The perfect example of countries that have printed tremendous of their money are Venezuela and Zimbabwe. You'd see on their currency that they've got a lot of zeros in it and that's no longer a good sign that they have a healthy economy. While life is continuing there, what most people use there is US dollars and that helps them in keeping up the hyper inflation that they are experiencing. And from that example of what's happening in that two countries due to inflated supply of their fiat in their economy, it resulted to higher inflation.

Inflation is indeed the enemy of printing too much money. And countries have seen such impact to their economy. So why would they print money if they will suffer such financial problem? Hyper inflation will just create their fiat useless. So I don't think the government will opt to that route. They will just borrow money instead of printing more of their fiat to avoid this hyperinflation and protect their currency.

Tissue paper is more valuable than their own fiat money and that's why it's not a good thing for a government if it cares for its own people and economy. Because of the corruption that's rampant on these countries that keeps on printing their money without looking at the retaliation of it, they're making things very complicated and that's why they need to neutralize that if they're not able to control its effect. There is a reason why each country has their own debt to another country, to IMF and other global banking sectors.

[DrBeer]

The perfect example of countries that have printed tremendous of their money are Venezuela and Zimbabwe. You'd see on their currency that they've got a lot of zeros in it and that's no longer a good sign that they have a healthy economy. While life is continuing there, what most people use there is US dollars and that helps them in keeping up the hyper inflation that they are experiencing. And from that example of what's happening in that two countries due to inflated supply of their fiat in their economy, it resulted to higher inflation.

Inflation is indeed the enemy of printing too much money. And countries have seen such impact to their economy. So why would they print money if they will suffer such financial problem? Hyper inflation will just create their fiat useless. So I don't think the government will opt to that route. They will just borrow money instead of printing more of their fiat to avoid this hyperinflation and protect their currency.

That's the problem—printing money = getting into trouble. But some governments think they'll get lucky Although more often than not, it's just populism of the “I'll make everyone rich, I'll give everyone lots of money” variety. And yes, it works—everyone becomes a millionaire or even a billionaire, but a loaf of bread costs a billion in the morning and a trillion in the evening

[dansus021]

like other people said INFLATIOn out of control and that it but

This is just my thought, what IF we print money to pay for government projects that leads to generate more money, so when BE,P we can burn that initial money what do u think guys?

[Hamza2424]

I am still shocked to know that even when money can be printed as much as possible, countries, nations goes after each others to borrow money but yet they can on their own print money instead of having to go borrow and leaving the nation indebted other nations. Just as for instance our country do borrows money from China.

Is that right or they are trying to maintain economic value?
What do you think?

Well bro the answer is really simple, imagine you are in apple business, what happens if the supply this year from your farms comes to be the highest of all time, but the demand is getting weaker and weaker, the rates of your apple will decrease, you won't be able to sell them even at the previous rates because the rates are dropping. In the same manner, when  countries start printing cash out of thin air, they are not increasing wealth instead they are decreasing the value of the money already circulating in the country.

This is called inflation. Countries need something valuable to back what they are printing, so the value of the printed money won't inflate. Borrowing is another way to maintain the value of local currency, but if a country will borrow too much, that can be a problem too so a balance need to be made.

[X-ray]

like other people said INFLATIOn out of control and that it but

This is just my thought, what IF we print money to pay for government projects that leads to generate more money, so when BE,P we can burn that initial money what do u think guys?

That will cause inflation until the burn in ideal scenario but the market doesn't necessarily gonna pump the value upon the burn because market is complex.

If government is printing money to pay for government projects that usually costs massive amount of money, it will trigger domino effect where even foreign investor are fleeing and converting the money to other currency, that will give a long lasting effect.

Even if you burn the same amount of money you printed, market probably wouldn't care at all. When you print too much money, beside losing the value you also lose trust.

[DrBeer]

like other people said INFLATIOn out of control and that it but

This is just my thought, what IF we print money to pay for government projects that leads to generate more money, so when BE,P we can burn that initial money what do u think guys?

No, unfortunately, the rules of economics cannot be circumvented. There is commodity mass and money mass. If money is printed without collateral or at least adhering to this level, inflation is inevitable. This applies to all local currencies. The situation is a little simpler with the dollar, for example, which is the world's reserve currency and the currency of the global economy. Its surplus is easily absorbed by the global economy, which does not lead to significant devaluation.