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To Explain Why Quantitative Easing Will Be Reversed
The short answer is because inflation. The longer answer is because maybe inflation. Just so we’re clear on…
The Proof That Quantitative Easing Works
The point of quantitative easing was to lower the return on safe assets. That would mean that people…
The Unbearable Contradictions Of Monetary Policy
An interesting little note from Ambrose Evans Pritchard. There are two different things we’re trying to achieve at…
Companies Borrow Lots Because Central Banks Want Them To
The Observer has one of those woe is us, how dreadful capitalism is oh dearie me pieces. Well,…
Sheesh – The Observer Insists The Bank Of England Should Stop QE From Working
That not all people grasp all of the intricacies of economics is true. And that’s also fine, we…
An Elegant Proof That Quantitative Easing Worked
What was the point of QE? To get people to move out along the risk curve, thereby lowering…
The Economic Failure Of Green Quantitative Easing
Varied people have various plans for how the future would be. Some even have ingenious, cunning even, plans…
Sigh, The $9 Trillion Corporate Debt Bomb Was The Entire Point Of Quantitative Easing
We have people worrying about the existence of a $9 trillion corporate debt bomb out there. When reality…
Sequesteflation
So it turns out that we don’t have as much price inflation as we should. I mean, I…
Contrary To Continued Claims QE Reduces Inequality
We’re bombarded with claims that quantitative easing has only benefited the rich. Asset prices have risen, that’s all…