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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:If we want to increase the value of a currency, why don't we just stop printing that currency?
gpt
The amount of physical currency in circulation is pretty small compared to the amount of non-physical currency

Printing currency is really about keeping an adequate supply of it in the marketplace, bills and currency run out, get destroyed, etc. And with a bit of inflation every year, we always need more currency. Stopping it, just isn't a good solution to changing much of anything about the value and will just mess with the practical aspects of using currency.