Quantitative easing
Treasury Select Committee grills King
Bank of England governor faces quick-fire questions on quantitative easing and lending to small and medium-sized enterprises; discusses the timing of the latest asset purchase programme boost and reminds government of their responsibilities
Fed should have adopted BoE's QE strategy, says Blanchflower
Former Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member David Blanchflower says Fed should look to London as guide to twist yield curve after FOMC minutes reveal policy split
BoE’s Miles explains resumption of QE
Bank of England external Monetary Policy Committee member David Miles says reemergence of financial market stress and lower-than-expected inflationary pressures prompted further asset purchases
BoE injects £75 billion to save stalling economy
Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee votes for further round of quantitative easing; increases size of asset purchase programme to £275 billion
Bernstein sounds warning to new Danish government
Governor Bernstein says there is no need for fiscal stimulus; urging government to pull back from election process stimulus promises
Asset Purchase Facility focus of BoE QE discussions
Bank of England minutes reveal Monetary Policy Committee considered changing maturity profile of asset purchase facility
San Francisco Fed paper identifies strong QE signalling channel
San Francisco Federal Reserve study finds strong signalling effect from Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing programme
BoE has 'space' to opt for more quantitative easing: deputy prime minister
Bank of England must independently decide on whether to introduce more quantitative easing, says deputy prime minister Nick Clegg; issues stark global economy warning
Bernanke disappoints in Jackson Hole speech
Fed chairman mentions range of tools available to “provide additional monetary stimulus” but gives no indication of employing them
Speculation intensifies over Bernanke's forthcoming Jackson Hole speech
Markets will be looking for signs of a third round of quantitative easing ahead of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s much anticipated speech at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, writes Blair Baker
Central banking in an era of QE
The reserve currency centres must urgently restore fiscal and monetary discipline. If not, then inflation and the flight into gold will continue, warns Andrew Sheng
Bank of Korea paper addresses growth implications of rising capital inflows
Bank of Korea study says improved institutional frameworks should be designed to monitor risks from capital inflows
BoJ’s Shirakawa explains QE expansion
Bank of Japan governor Masaaki Shirakawa says larger downside risks to economy motivated ¥10 trillion increase in asset purchases
Ex-MPC members debate QE options
Bank of England former Monetary Policy Committee members discuss scope for further asset purchases in the UK
BoE makes gains on QE assets
Bank of England’s Asset Purchase Facility Fund reports £9.8 billion increase in value of balance sheet; gains channelled to UK government in form of indemnity
QE2 is classic monetary policy: Fed’s Bullard
St Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard says effects of quantitative easing too similar to interest rate loosening
Japan’s 90s QE programme too small: Fed paper
Federal Reserve study says Japan’s 1990s quantitative easing programme was not large enough to sufficiently impact bank lending
Bank considers further QE
Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee minutes reopens debate on further quantitative easing; new external MPC member Ben Broadbent votes to hold rates
Fed took 'gamble' with QE: Reinhart
Federal Reserve former director of monetary affairs Vincent Reinhart pins volatile oil prices on Fed’s quantitative easing programme
Vote to inject further QE defeated: BoJ minutes
Bank of Japan minutes show measure to raise asset purchases by ¥5 trillion was voted down by majority
Central banks risk amplifying tightening cycle
Working group review on sovereign debt management issues warns that lack of communication between central banks and debt managers risks amplifying tightening cycles
Fed minutes reveal split over exit strategy
Minutes from Federal Open Market Committee meeting show division among ranks over monetary policy exit strategy
QE solution at zero bound: NY Fed paper
New York Federal Reserve paper co-authored by Brian Sack shows quantitative easing successfully eased monetary policy at the zero bound
FOMC debate length of QE programme
Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes shows some members would like option to end Fed’s asset purchase programme early