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The Perfection (of sorts) of Quantitative Easing
The Perfection (of sorts) of Quantitative Easing
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 easing, unlike anything else in the entire ...
Switzerland Introduces Quantitative Easing
Switzerland Introduces Quantitative Easing
fistfulofeuros.net — 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 ... (more) Switzerland Introduces Quantitative Easing
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Update on QE in Japan
Japan Economy Watch — ... of saying that one should be weary of cutting interest rates too much since the impact of such measures would be limited. One wonders whether it is the blind leading the deaf or the other way around, and quite frankly I would, at this point, settle for a coherent message from the ECB, be it in favor of QE measures or not. Meanwhile and on a brighter note, Cassandra approaches QE from a slightly more semantic and, as it were, historical perspective. And in Japan ... In Japan QE has arguably been in play since November 2008 or perhaps as some would smugly note; Japan never ...

Further reading
FT Alphaville — ...   - KKR is not buying a $28 million chair (it says) - Buffett, and other ‘fools’ - Hedge-fund fees, old debate, new story - Harvard: the inside story of a financial meltdown - ‘Too big’ has failed: Dissension in the reserve system ranks - The curious (and short-lived?) confidence of the oil majors - Once you start offering free money, how do you stop? - In bond deals, some banks are more equal than others - Unwrapping QE - The new frugality - this is no fad __________

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rothbard on the utility of quantitative easingDecline and Fall of Western Civilization
via the price of everything : Economist Murray Rothbard ("America‟s Great Depression", Ludwig von Mises Institute 2000) made extensive analysis of why the inflationary policies of the US Federal Reserve failed during the Great Depression. Those policies proved to be counterproductive:  ...