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The US Federal Reserve argues, with some justification, that its
quantitative
easing is compatible with price stability, while Europe and several emerging countries deem it beggar-thy-neighbor behavior.
They argue that ECB
quantitative
easing alone, with no fiscal relaxation, would be ineffective.
But they also highlight a crucial question: How does
quantitative
easing stimulate an economy?
In this sense, the fact that Europe’s political leadership has not dismissed out of hand talk of more dramatic monetary policy from the ECB – inspired by
quantitative
easing in the United States – provides some hope.
Facing continued economic weakness, but having run out of conventional tools, they then embrace the unconventional approach of
quantitative
easing (QE).
The BOJ has used a similar justification for its own policy of
quantitative
and qualitative easing (QQE).
Indeed, it was Shirakawa who, as BOJ Executive Director, decided in March 2006 to end – quite prematurely – the
quantitative
easing that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s government had implemented at the beginning of 2004.
The simple point that Carney made in his first policy pronouncement was that interest rates will remain unchanged, and the BoE’s variant of
quantitative
easing will remain in place, at least until unemployment falls below 7% (from its current rate of 7.8%).
Quantitative
easing in the advanced countries also raises a question of coordination.
But can a few dozen basis points in (poorly measured) long-term inflation expectations justify the need for massive
quantitative
easing and a policy rate 250 points lower than it was at a time of weaker market fundamentals?
For each of those processes, it proposes a boundary – a
quantitative
ceiling – beyond which we risk inducing abrupt changes that could push our planet into a state that is more hostile to humanity.
The return to full employment reflects the Federal Reserve’s strategy of “unconventional monetary policy” – the combination of massive purchases of long-term assets known as
quantitative
easing and its promise to keep short-term interest rates close to zero.
But the stimulus effect of
quantitative
easing is far less certain than even that of fiscal stimulus.
The fact is that years of ultra-low interest rates and massive
quantitative
easing have not increased aggregate demand sufficiently, much less reduced deflationary forces adequately.
Consider the United States Federal Reserve’s foray into
quantitative
easing.
Even though the markets seem to be anticipating substantial levels of
quantitative
easing, US corporate investment remains subdued.
In other words,
quantitative
easing seems to be as effective a method of depreciating the dollar as selling it in currency markets would be.
Warsh, like many Republicans, has harshly criticized the Fed’s attempts to stimulate the US economy in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, warning that the unprecedented expansion of the monetary base brought about by
quantitative
easing would trigger high inflation.
Moreover, our approach had benefits beyond the immediate
quantitative
findings, because it united scientists from different disciplines around a shared goal.
This applies particularly to the Fed, which in the autumn of 2010 launched a second round of
quantitative
easing to stimulate economic growth and employment in the short run, but also to the Bank of England, which is criticized for being too lax.
Using 200
quantitative
variables and factors to score 174 countries on a quarterly basis, we have identified a number of countries where investors are missing risks – and opportunities.
In rapid succession, advanced-country central banks also launched
quantitative
easing (QE), purchasing massive volumes of long-term government securities to reduce their yields.
The purchase of US Treasuries by foreign central banks really took off in 2003, years before the first round of
quantitative
easing, or “QE1,” was launched in late 2008.
Otherwise, they would need to sustain for much longer their unconventional monetary policies, including
quantitative
easing and negative policy rates – an approach with which most central banks (with the possible exception of the Bank of Japan) are not comfortable.
Negative real interest rates and
quantitative
easing have enforced financial repression on holders of cash, hurting savers, while broadly boosting prices of riskier financial assets, most commonly held by the rich.
And in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, the Fed implemented
quantitative
easing despite protests that it was allowing the US to export deflation.
Historical arguments over whether FDR’s New Deal worked now form an important part of American debates over current monetary and fiscal policy in general, and the US Federal Reserve’s policy of
quantitative
easing in particular.
And while the US Federal Reserve’s policy of
quantitative
easing has propped up businesses, it is no substitute for the enthusiasm and anticipation needed to propel investment.
Across the Atlantic, the Fed is set to complete its exit from
quantitative
easing (QE) – its policy of large-scale asset purchases – in the next few weeks, leaving it completely dependent on interest rates and forward policy guidance to boost the economy.
Similarly, the
quantitative
easing (QE) that has defined many major central banks’ monetary policy in recent years does not involve buying or selling foreign assets.
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