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Russell doesn't expect the stock market to gain much this year beyond the August highs. Most Fed watchers, however, are not ready to make such bold predictions with regard to quantitative easing.
Stefano Pegoraro, Joint Program in Financial Economics PhD student Following the 2008 financial crisis, central banks in advanced economies implemented a series of large-scale asset purchase programs, ...
In the wake of continued weakness in the Japanese economy and recent market turbulence due to the terrorist attacks in the U.S., the Bank of Japan (BOJ) recently increased the intensity of its ...
Quantitative easing is one of many methods the United States Federal Reserve has to stimulate the economy when it looks like it may stall.
Citations: Krishnamurthy, Arvind, Annette Vissing-Jorgensen. 2011. The Effects of Quantitative Easing on Long-term Interest Rates. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity.
Economists have proposed the Bank of Thailand explore the feasibility of adopting quantitative easing (QE) to support monetary policy should conventional interest rate cuts have a minimal effect.
UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt would have an extra £10 billion a year for tax cuts if the Bank of England stopped selling the bonds it bought over more than a decade under quantitative easing ...
Fed Was Actually Considering More Quantitative Easing in August The central bank ultimately decided to keep interest rates super-low By Uri Friedman August 30, 2011 ...
"I would like the BOJ to take account of economic conditions and various factors in deciding policy, including quantitative easing." ...