India meanwhile saw the fastest expansion rate for any large renewables market last year, with a 62% increase in capital funding.

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My point here is that open market purchases and the associated expansion of money growth rate are accepted as normal or routine Fed policy so long as interest rates have some room to decline in the process.

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Now with the total market size reaching close to the pre-recession levels, the rate of expansion will likely slow in the coming years.

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