“It’s hard not to see the irony in the fact that the Bundesbank yesterday ended up effectively ‘buying’ €2.356bn of the technically ‘failed’ €6bn 10-year German auction. After the last couple of weeks ...

Quantitative easing (QE) is a robust monetary policy tool used by central banks to stimulate the economy when interest rate cuts are no longer effective. It works by increasing the money supply ...

"The only part of quantitative easing that is likely to work is dragging down the dollar," says Joseph Stiglitz, and it risks causing currency and trade wars. He'd rather see nations agree to a ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended quantitative easing, saying it has helped the economy and shows no immediate sign of creating a bubble in asset prices. "We don't think that financial ...

With the Federal Reserve on pause with interest rates at the low level of 2.25% to 2.5%, Fed officials are starting to wonder: Is the central bank ill-equipped to deal with the next crisis? And would ...

Ben Bernanke's second round of quantitative easing (aka QE2), intended to stimulate the economy, is coming under review following a spike in interest rates. Since the goal of QE2 is to boost ...

Stock prices plunge as Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, hints at phasing out quantitative easing, the process of buying bonds to the tune of $85 billion per month, thus adding purchasing ...

After the binge comes the tab: $1.6 trillion. That’s the hit American taxpayers face as a result of the Fed’s financial manipulations, in which the central bank racked up some $9 trillion in assets ...

The Federal Reserve adjusts the federal funds target rate range in response to what’s happening in the economy. Adjusting rates helps the Fed achieve conditions that satisfy their dual mandate: ...

America’s experiment with quantitative easing is almost over. This week, the Federal Reserve will likely announce plans to slow the shrinkage of its balance sheet, foreboding the end of a long period ...