He specifically targets the Fed's "unprecedented" policy of sustaining near-zero interest rates and its exercise in money-printing, "Quantitative Easing 2, " that has it buying medium- and longer-term securities from the Treasury.

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E. (quantitative easing) 2, another round of money creation through conventional and novel means.

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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke drew heavy fire after the central bank announced a second round of quantitative easing on November 2, with many outspoken critics accusing his policies of ineffective.

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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.

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In the US, where growth of nearly 2% is forecast for this year, the OECD said quantitative easing measures might need to be "gradually reduced".

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"Abenomics" is the nickname given to the prime minister's push for more quantitative easing from the Bank of Japan and a doubling of the inflation rate to 2%.

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Yields on 10-year Treasurys are down at 2.4%, as investors continue to speculate on the quantitative easing measures that the Federal Reserve could take to ease long-term credit.

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The two-10-year spread also flattened hugely with the gradient of the curve falling below 200 basis points (2%) for the first time since October and ahead of the expected second round of quantitative easing.

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