Hard economic times lead to
a decline in the overall availability of cash in an economy. This is mainly
because monetary policy is established by the Private Federal Reserve Bank and
the treasury prints out the currency solely on a needs basis. If the United
States is in a recession period, the country's money supply shrinks because the
availability of liquid capital is directly proportionate to the Nation's GDP.
Historically, the United States has a pattern of increased counterfeit money
violations during periods of economic hardship. Counterfeiting is a form of forgerycriminality of
counterfeit moneyfamous cases of
counterfeiting
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