Quantitative easing

The total bill could exceed US$500 billion. A proper evaluation should make the next one less expensive

THE Federal Reserve is nearing a decision on slowing the pace of its balance sheet run-off, central bank Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday, a tapering move that may allow it to shed more bonds tha...

Some investors detect hawkish tone from Fed's rate-setting board, but fund managers defer

Once reawakened, central bank interest will not be quickly laid to rest

AFTER the most aggressive monetary-tightening campaign in four decades, academics and economic practitioners are running autopsies on what could have prevented the cost-of-living crisis and how to ens...

Was it worth it?

UK taxpayers will be on the hook for as much as £200 billion (S$324.1 billion) of potential losses from the Bank of England’s quantitative easing programme after the Treasury lodged plans to cover any...

Whether quantitative tightening – which isn’t merely the reverse of quantitative easing – will work gets to the heart of modern monetary policy.

The European Central Bank warned on Tuesday (Nov 29) that it might make a loss as high inflation forces it to raise interest rates and foot the bill of a decade of aggressive money printing.