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quantitative easing

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



quantitative easing

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of quantitative easing1

First recorded in 1965–70

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