quantitative easing

American  

noun

Economics.

1. the policy by which a central bank creates money and uses it to purchase financial assets, thereby increasing the money supply and stimulating a weak economy. QE

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quantitative easing British  

noun

1. the practice of increasing the supply of money in order to stimulate economic activity

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Etymology

Origin of quantitative easing

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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 as a Fed governor from 2006 to 2011, and left the central bank after it embarked on a second round of quantitative easing through bond purchases under then-Chair Ben Bernanke.

From MarketWatch

He said in a recent Hoover Institution interview that he supported the initial round of what came to be known as quantitative easing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some economists linked the growth in banks’ uninsured deposits in recent years to quantitative easing.

From The Wall Street Journal