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QE

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. quantitative easing.


q.e. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. which is.


q.e. British  

abbreviation

  1. quod est

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Etymology

Origin of q.e.

From Latin quod est

Example Sentences

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Fed officials regard this activity as a technical measure designed to ensure the smooth functioning of short-term money markets, while others have suggested the central bank’s efforts might be just another version of quantitative easing, or QE.

From MarketWatch

“He’s smart enough to know that a funding-market dislocation in his first months would be the worst possible headline for a new era. The more realistic shift is a harder line against future rounds of QE,” or quantitative easing, “and a tighter framework around when the Fed steps in.”

From MarketWatch

Warsh served on the Fed board from 2006 until 2011 but left after disagreement with then–Fed chief Ben Bernanke’s decision to buy assets to foster lower interest rates, commonly called quantitative easing, or ”QE,” even though the worst of the financial crisis had passed.

From MarketWatch

Warsh served on the Fed board from 2006 until 2011 but left after disagreement with then–Fed chief Ben Bernanke’s decision to buy assets to foster lower interest rates, commonly called quantitative easing, or ”QE,” even though the worst of the financial crisis had passed.

From MarketWatch

As explained back in 2010 External link by the author of quantitative easing, or QE, former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, Fed security purchases were supposed to lift bond prices, lower long-term interest rates, and thus stimulate home building and corporate capital investment.

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