Do you think that every dollar accounted for in the world is represented by a bill?
Currency is not money. It's not even a major component of what money is by almost any definition.
Currency is not money. It's not even a major component of what money is by almost any definition.
In the lingo of modern economics adding a decimal to a database which results in increasing the money supply is phrased as printing money.
In fact this is specifically what they are talking about in most cases, specifically not operating a physical printing press.
When the original poster said they printed 2 trillion, he was not implying they physically printed anything.