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(QE).  


Public companies may - subject to complying with certain conditions - be allowed to offer their shares or other securities for sale to the public or to a section of the public.
A form of monetary policy used to stimulate an economy where interest rates are either at, or close to, zero.  


To protect the public, public companies are therefore subject to greater regulation and requirements to report fuller financial information within shorter timeframes, compared with private companies.
It involves a central bank buying financial assets, and its effect is to increase the money supply.  




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== See also ==
* [[Central bank]]
* [[Monetary policy]]
* [[Money supply]]
* [[QE2]]
* [[POMO]]
* [[Cash in the new post-crisis world]]


The term 'public company' is also used informally to refer to a company whose shares are already listed on an exchange and held by members of the public. 


More strictly however, such a company is a 'listed company' and the use of the term 'public company' in this sense should be eschewed.
===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]


 
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
== See also ==
* [[Listed company]]
* [[Private company]]
* [[Public bond]]

Revision as of 09:16, 11 May 2015

(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.


See also


Other links

Everything you ever wanted to know about quantitative easing, S&P Capital IQ