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It involves a central bank buying financial assets, and its effect is to increase the money supply. | It involves a central bank buying financial assets, and its effect is to increase the money supply. | ||
The financial assets bought are usually central government debt. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Asset purchase facility]] | |||
* [[Central bank]] | * [[Central bank]] | ||
* [[Helicopter money]] | |||
* [[Monetary policy]] | * [[Monetary policy]] | ||
* [[Money supply]] | * [[Money supply]] | ||
* [[QE2]] | * [[QE2]] | ||
* [[POMO]] | |||
* [[Cash in the new post-crisis world]] | |||
===Other links=== | |||
[https://www.globalcreditportal.com/ratingsdirect/renderArticle.do?articleId=1352014&SctArtId=256228&from=CM&nsl_code=LIME&sourceObjectId=8757275&sourceRevId=1&fee_ind=N&exp_date=20240807-19:31:47: Everything you ever wanted to know about quantitative easing, S&P Capital IQ] | |||
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Revision as of 13:12, 31 October 2016
(QE).
A form of monetary policy used to stimulate an economy where interest rates are either at, or close to, zero.
It involves a central bank buying financial assets, and its effect is to increase the money supply.
The financial assets bought are usually central government debt.
See also
- Asset purchase facility
- Central bank
- Helicopter money
- Monetary policy
- Money supply
- QE2
- POMO
- Cash in the new post-crisis world
Other links
Everything you ever wanted to know about quantitative easing, S&P Capital IQ