Monetary easing

Monetary policy.

Monetary easing is a form of monetary policy used to stimulate an economy.

It is designed to have the overall effect of increasing the supply of money.

It can include interest rate cuts, quantitative easing or both.

See also

• Asset Purchase Facility
• Asset purchase programme
• Balance sheet reduction policy
• Cash in the new post-crisis world
• Central bank
• Corporate bond
• Debase
• Easing
• Fiscal policy
• Gilts
• Helicopter money
• Monetary policy
• Money supply
• POMO
• Quantitative easing
• Quantitative tightening
• QE2
• Real economy
• Tightening