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fistfulofeuros.net - 3/12/2009

Switzerland Introduces Quantitative Easing

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The Swiss central bank cut its interest rate close to zero today and started buying foreign currencies to stem the franc’s appreciation in the face of a deepening recession and a looming deflation threat ( Hat Tip`MacroMan ). The result was pretty predictable, the franc plunged the most against ...

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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 3/20/2009

Fiscal aspects of quantitative easing (wonkish)

— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — The big policy news this week has been the Fed's decision to buy $1 trillion of long-term... bonds, going beyond the normal policy of buying only short-term debt. Good move - but it's probably worth pointing out that yes, this does expose the Fed, and ... (more) Fiscal aspects of quantitative easing (wonkish)

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nihoncassandra.blogspot.com - 3/8/2009

The Perfection (of sorts) of Quantitative Easing

— nihoncassandra.blogspot.com — The Brits are now offically obsessed with quantitative easing, first not comprehending it, then wryly examining it,... finally yielding to a stoic skepticism about it's parochial impacts. There is a certain anodine perfection to the phrase, quantitative ... (more) The Perfection (of sorts) of Quantitative Easing

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marginalrevolution.com - 3/19/2009

Quantitative easing

— marginalrevolution.com — Bernanke will do it .  I'm sitting in an airport, so here is a very quick take. ... It is cheaper and quicker than fiscal stimulus; this should have been our first move.  It is more likely to work.  There are two effects: ... (more) Quantitative easing

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Swiss QE, déjà vu
FT Alphaville — ... - FT Alphaville Switzerland introduces quantitative easing - A Fistful of Euros This entry was posted by Tracy Alloway on Friday, March 13th, 2009 at 12:34 and is filed under ...

America's Chinese disease (not quite what you think)
Paul Krugman — ... has not been buying is foreign short-term securities. But that’s not because such purchases would be ineffective. On the contrary, selling domestic short-term debt and buying its foreign-currency counterpart is the essence of a sterilized foreign-exchange-market intervention, which is a time-honored way of gaining a competitive advantage and helping your economy expand. And some countries have, in fact, made foreign-currency purchases a part of their quantitative easing strategy — Switzerland in particular . The only reason the Fed isn’t doing this is that we’re a big ...