Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who has been accused by many of setting the stage for an inflationary spiral through his asset purchase programs or QE (quantitative easing), recently said he has the best inflation record of any Fed chief in the post-war era.
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So that leaves the option of quantitative easing (QE), or creating more money to purchase assets.
Then central banks resorted to quantitative easing (QE), a polite term for the creation of money.
The Bank of Japan launched the experiment of quantitative easing (QE) on March 19, 2001.
By its own words, the goal of quantitative easing (QE) was to lower long-term interest rates.
Obviously, the prospect of inflation caused by Quantitative Easing (QE) drove precious metals higher.
They have vehemently opposed the use of quantitative easing (QE) by the Federal Reserve.
And the issuance of covered money substitutes is more popularly known as quantitative easing or QE .
But, foreign quantitative easing (QE) has had greater impact on equity indexes rather than the forex market.
It hinted that the European Central Bank (ECB) might want to expand quantitative easing (QE) as a measure to encourage stronger growth.
However, earlier this month the Bank decided against further quantitative easing (QE), the policy designed to stimulate growth in the UK economy.
The continuing quantitative easing (QE) programme has been thrown into some doubt by last week's minutes from the Fed Open Markets Committee.
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Bernanke has been in the hot seat ever since the Fed unleashed its repeated programs of quantitative easing (QE), or longer-term asset purchases.
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Equity and corporate-bond markets have also been boosted by quantitative easing (QE), the process whereby central banks create money to purchase (mostly government) bonds.
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The future path of quantitative easing (QE) runs into similar dilemmas.
However, when the Fed suggests that it may increase or reduce stimulus to achieve desired targets, it is referring to more quantitative easing (QE) not less.
If it lowers the cost of borrowing for everybody, the fall in the gilt yield will operate much like an extra burst of quantitative easing (QE).
Treasury-bond yields have not risen yet but that is because they have been suppressed by the effects of quantitative easing (QE) and buying by Asian central banks.
Third, an improving US economy will make it less likely that the FED will launch another round of Quantitative Easing (QE) the primary fuel of the recent gold rallies.
Third, an improving employment situation in the US make it less likely that the FED will launch another round of Quantitative Easing (QE) the primary fuel of the recent gold rallies.
However, the Federal Reserve poured a bucket of cold water on gold after its minutes were released, with some members documenting their wish to stop quantitative easing (QE) before the end of 2013.
For the first time in years, serious conversations as to how and when the Fed will taper, and ultimately end, its programs of quantitative easing (QE) are occurring both within and outside of the Fed.
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Quantitative easing (QE) was the catch phrase of the day on Tuesday as the markets digest both the Bank of Japan's new and possibly radical asset purchase program and rate reduction pair, and the prospect of further QE by the Fed.
The latest weak eurozone services sector data did little to improve stock market sentiment, already hit by the indication overnight that the US Federal Reserve is not considering a further round of quantitative easing (QE) to help boost the American economy.
In Britain the annual growth rate is higher (6.4% in December), but David Owen, an economist at Jefferies International, estimates that quantitative easing (QE), whereby central banks create money to buy assets, has been boosting the figure by an annualised rate of 10%.
If, say, the Bank were to tolerate 4% inflation for several years, while the policy of quantitative easing (QE) held interest on savings at below 2%, the impact on savings would be eventually the same as the impact of the Cypriot government's grab.
More accurate are the opinions of those who believe that without a more serious intervention from the Fed, which can only mean another round of quantitative easing (QE III), the current quasi-recovery will soon fade and the tides of recession will overtake us once again.
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Investors too busy counting the different rounds of Quantitative Easing (QE) may have missed out on a trend that is expected to have a strong impact on equity markets: the massive aging of baby boomers that began around 2005, as the first baby boomer cohort crossed the age of 60.
The Bernanke Fed has been characterized by an aggressive attack on Treasury yields through all possible means: zero-bound interest rates with a pledge to keep them at record-lows for years to come, purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities through several programs of quantitative easing (QE), and a maturity extension program dubbed Operation Twist that should push longer-term rates even lower.
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The Federal Reserve, along with other major central banks across the globe, are engaged in ultra-loose monetary policy, using low interest rates and asset purchases (i.e. quantitative easing, or QE) to help support their economies.
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