Quantitative easing
Fed action spurs market recovery
Federal Open Market Committee statement boosts wave of positive sentiment
IMF plays down quantitative-easing fears
International Monetary Fund says evidence on the effectiveness of Bank of England’s quantitative easing is moderately encouraging
Bank expected to be downbeat on UK outlook
Bank of England rumoured to be bearish on growth and inflation in this week’s Inflation Report
Bank shocks markets with QE extension
Bank of England extends quantitative easing programme to £175 billion as money growth falters
Goodhart calls for negative deposit rate
Former member of Monetary Policy Committee Charles Goodhart wants Bank of England to follow Riksbank’s lead in cutting deposit rate below zero
Bank unveils commercial paper facility
Bank of England details Secured Commercial Paper Facility aimed at bolstering companies’ working-capital requirements
Bank stats show quantitative easing having little impact
Broad money measure targeted by Bank of England falls in June despite £125 billion-worth of quantitative easing
BoE’s Bean confident Treasury would agree to more QE funds
Deputy governor Charlie Bean says Bank of England would “expect” chancellor to allow more funds for quantitative easing
Bank surprise boosts sterling
Bank of England’s decision to hold quantitative easing programme at £125 billion sends pound up against euro and dollar
Bank’s second monetary-policy roundtable
Bank of England summarises its monetary-policy roundtable
Bank's Bean admits QE exit tricky
Charlie Bean, the deputy governor responsible for monetary policy at the Bank of England, has acknowledged that the execution of the Bank's exit strategy for quantitative easing will present the Monetary Policy Committee with a tricky judgment call.
BoJ's Hayami passes away
Masaru Hayami, the governor of the Bank of Japan who presided over the institution's introduction of quantitative easing, has died. He was 84.
China warns on QE inflation threat
The People's Bank of China has said that quantitative easing posed huge risks for international markets and the global economy.
Bank of England holds on quantitative easing
The Bank of England has opted to wait and see what impact its quantitative easing programme is having before pledging a further boost to the money supply.
King details vision for quantitative easing
The Bank of England expects to spend the first £75 billion ($110.5 billion) tranche set aside for quantitative easing, within the next three months, Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank, said on Tuesday.
Bank to begin buying corporate bonds next week
The Bank of England said on Thursday that it would begin buying corporate bonds outright next week.
Fed to buy Treasuries
The Federal Open Market Committee said on Thursday that it will buy up to $300 billion in Treasuries and an additional $750 billion of agency mortgage-backed securities. It will also invest an additional $100 billion in agency debt.
Old Lady begins quantitative easing
The Bank of England began its first round of gilt purchases on Wednesday, buying £2 billion ($2.8 billion) of the instruments outright in an attempt to boost the money supply.
Bank begins £150 billion money-supply boost
The Bank of England on Thursday said it would boost the money supply by up to £150 billion ($211 billion) in a bid to revive the health of Britain's ailing economy. The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee also cut rates to a fresh all-time low of 0.5%.
Canada lowers again, may boost money supply
The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark rate to a record low of 0.5% on Tuesday, saying that recent data had revealed a worse-than-expected slowdown. The central bank also said that it could raise the money supply through quantitative or credit easing.
Avoid Tokyo's mistakes to combat deflation: Ito
Takatoshi Ito, a prominent economist, has urged global monetary authorities to learn from Japan's errors in order to successfully stave off a nasty bout of deflation.
King presents gloomy outlook
The Bank of England has revised its forecast for growth in the British down sharply and says the recovery will depend "to a significant extent on developments in the rest of the world where a severe economic downturn has taken hold."
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Fed not out of ammo, says SF's Yellen
The Federal Reserve still has the tools to stimulate the economy even with interest rates at next to zero, said Janet Yellen, the president of the San Francisco Fed.