Langbeschreibung
Before the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-09, significant reductions in official interest rates typically proved sufficient to generate sustainable economic recoveries from downturns. However, with economies and financial markets in freefall during the crisis despite a cut in interest rates to effectively zero, policymakers in some advanced economies launched a major new tool called quantitative easing (QE). This involved central banks purchasing huge amounts of financial assets.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword by C. A. E. Goodhart1. Monetary policymaking since the end of Bretton Woods2. Key monetary policy trends and events before the Great Financial Crisis3. The Great Financial Crisis and quantitative easing4. How quantitative easing works5. Measuring the effectiveness and impact of quantitative easing6. International spillovers of quantitative easing7. Criticisms and negative externalities of quantitative easing8. Exiting quantitative easing and policies for the next slowdown