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Revision as of 16:22, 11 December 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
