This does beg the question of why the ECB does not just go ahead and buy sovereign government bonds outright if Europe is to get involved in quantitative easing? As part of the recent announcement ...

For all of you central bank junkies who were missing quantitative easing, it's back - with a European twist this time. Threatened by deflation and recession, the European Central Bank finally ...

Quantitative easing (QE) is a form of monetary policy ... “GDP (Current US$)—Japan.” European Parliament. “Independence with Weak Accountability: The Swiss Case,” Pages 9–10 (Pages ...

In January the European Central Bank is widely expected to have another tilt at averting deflation, probably by some form of quantitative easing. It cannot under its charter directly finance ...

With that said, it’s not clear how much good bond-buying can do for Europe at this point. The United States Federal Reserve and the Bank of England both resorted to quantitative easing ...

The European Central Bank’s (ECB) quantitative easing (QE) programme seems to have created a state of euphoria among global investors, but it will do very little to ameliorate Europe’s ...

Because Europe lacks the widespread share ownership that exists in the United States, quantitative easing cannot be used to stimulate consumer spending by raising household wealth Why has the US ...

Looking Ahead: What the European Central Bank Might Do (Part 1 of 6) Would the new quantitative easing program be able to keep the eurozone from falling into a deflationary trap? Financial markets ...

The Bank of Japan has been one of the most ardent champions of quantitative easing, deploying this policy for more than a decade. The European Central Bank and the Bank of England also used QE in ...

The European Central Bank is approaching a ... its summer break next week knowing that its current program of quantitative easing expires at year end. Officials have spent months signaling that ...