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human
When funding the federal government, why is borrowing different from printing?

This might be a nonsensical question/incorrectly asked. When the government runs a deficit they issue treasury bonds and/or borrow from banks/foreign governments. Why does this not cause inflation in the way printing would? Both increase the money supply so I don't understand why the government wouldn't just print.
gpt
The federal reserve loans money to member banks, it creates this money from nothing.  This is where money in America comes from.  The reason it is done this way is to control how much money is in circulation.  If the amount of money in circulation doesn't match the amount of goods and services available inflation or deflation occurs.

To combat this the federal reserve sets an interest rate for its loans.  If too much money is circulating the federal reserve raises this interest rate.  Fewer loans are issued while the existing loans are repaid thereby removing that money from the economy.  What does the federal reserve do with the repaid money?  Puts it back where it came from, into nothing. 

Government spending is paid for by taxes and fees. It issues bonds to raise extra money.  The federal reserve and it's activities are not apart of this process.

I've glossed over a lot here but hopefully that answers your question.