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Quantitative easing

Global Enterprise

Fed likely to tap quantitative easing if risk assets plunge: GIC adviser

If the US Federal Reserve had begun to tighten monetary policy sooner, the peak in short-term rates would likely have been considerably lower, resulting in fewer losses.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

The Fed’s quantitative easing programme has cost too much

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks, the most explicit so far about plans to slow a process that has seen about US$1.4 trillion of bonds roll off the Fed‘s balance sheet, was seen by several Wall Street analysts as a signal that a tapering plan will be unveiled as early as the Fed‘s next meeting on April 30-May 1.
Banking & Finance

US Federal Reserve’s Powell says balance sheet drawdown taper coming soon

QE is officially dead, but its ghost could linger
International

QE is officially dead, but its ghost could linger

The fortunes of gold as a solid and respected basis for money has gone through a series of evolutions over the last 300 years.
Opinion & Features
PERSPECTIVE

Quantitative easing revives gold’s reserve asset status

Global trends suggest inflation will be stronger than in the past, with former Bank of England governor Mark Carney among those saying rates will not return to pre-pandemic lows.
Global Enterprise

Central banks search for lessons from the great inflation outbreak

Central banks can create money and so cannot go bust. But letting them bleed cash is inflationary unless taxpayers cover the losses.
Opinion & Features

Quantitative easing has cost hundreds of billions of dollars

The Bank of England in London. Photographer: Carlos Jasso/Bloomberg
International

UK says BOE losses on quantitative easing may cost taxpayers £200 billion

The Fed has come to rely on quantitative easing (QE) to calm financial markets and boost the economy during severe downturns. For QE to work in the future, QT must work now.
Opinion & Features

The Federal Reserve’s US$2.5 trillion question

FILE PHOTO: The European Central Bank (ECB) logo in Frankfurt, Germany, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo
Companies & Markets

ECB warns of losses for a decade of money printing

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