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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com - 12/17/2008

Quantitative Easing American Style: Free Money

— globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com — The Treasury rally continued in spectacular fashion in conjunction with the ZIRP Arrival: Fed Targets Interest Rates... 0 to 1/4 Percent . From the FOMC Press Release . The focus of the Committee's policy going forward will be to support the functioning ... (more) Quantitative Easing American Style: Free Money

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economistsview.typepad.com - 12/19/2008

Fed Watch: Zero, But Not Quite Quantitative Easing

— economistsview.typepad.com — Can the Fed's current policy be described as quantitative easing?: Zero, But Not Quite Quantitative Easing, by... Tim Duy : On the surface, the Fed’s recent statement should not have been much of a surprise. It was remarkably consistent with Fed ... (more) Fed Watch: Zero, But Not Quite Quantitative Easing

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Tim Duy

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econlog.econlib.org - 12/17/2008

I Believe in Quantitative Easing

— econlog.econlib.org — (December 16, 2008 08:49 PM, by Arnold Kling) James Hamilton writes, Will [purchases of mortgage securities and... other assets by the Fed] succeed if we just do it on a sufficiently large scale? I'm not at all convinced that it would. Our standard ... (more) I Believe in Quantitative Easing

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James Hamilton

Depression

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A Primer on Quantitative Easing
Greg Mankiw's Blog — Quantitative easing from Marketplace on Vimeo.

Whiteboard: Quantitative Easing
The Mess That Greenspan Made — This is another in the series "Fallout: America 's Financial Crisis" from the folks at American Public Media Marketplace. I suppose stick figures help to tell the story.

Afternoon Reading 12/23/2008: Mark-to-Market, Keynes, Quants
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed — Mark-to-Market: Discussion minus the Zealotry (Accrued Interest) Christmas quiz for quants (BBC) Keynes offers us the best way to think about the financial crisis (FT) Bush signs pension funding relief bill(P&I) Pondering Madoff as we enter 2009 (The Big Picture) Searching Bernie Madoff's political contributions (OpenSecrets) Number one sports science story of the year: Limits to human performance (SS) Helpful video on quantitative easing (Marketplace) ...

Paddy Hirsch Explains Quantitative Easing
Financial Rounds — Yet another excellent whiteboard talk by Paddy Hirsch, senior editor at Marketplace. In this one, he explains "Quantitative Easing" Quantitative easing from Marketplace on Vimeo. ...

What I Learned Today: "Quantitative Easing"
MadeMan.com — Since the Fed has already lowered interest rates as low as they can possibly go, they only have one final weapon to deploy in order to free up the credit markets and promote lending -- quantitative easing. Paddy Hirsch of Marketplace explains what the hell that means:

Video-o-rama: Risk appetite rekindled on hope of better days
The Big Picture — ... another energy crisis.” Source: Financial Times, March 23, 2009. Marketplace: Quantitative easing “Now the Federal Reserve has effectively cut the target lending rate to zero, it only has one more weapon in its arsenal. Quantitative easing. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains what this ‘nuclear option’ is, and what the Fed hopes it’ll do.” Source: Marketplace (via Vimeo), December 2008. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to ...