quantitative easing

Etymology
Possibly partly after, short form of.

Noun

 * 1)  A monetary policy in which the central bank increases the money supply in the banking system, as by purchasing bonds from banks.
 * 2) * 2012, The Economist, Jul 14th 2012 issue, Quantitative easing: QE, or not QE?
 * In times of severe economic distress, however, rates may fall to zero. Cue QE. When the Bank of Japan (BoJ) pioneered QE in 2001, its goal was to buy enough securities to create a desired quantity of reserves (hence, “quantitative easing”). Its actions, it hoped, would raise asset prices and end deflation.
 * In times of severe economic distress, however, rates may fall to zero. Cue QE. When the Bank of Japan (BoJ) pioneered QE in 2001, its goal was to buy enough securities to create a desired quantity of reserves (hence, “quantitative easing”). Its actions, it hoped, would raise asset prices and end deflation.

Translations

 * Catalan: expansió quantitativa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 量化寬鬆
 * Czech: kvantitativní uvolňování
 * Estonian: kvantitatiivne õgvendamine
 * Finnish:, määrällinen elvytys
 * French:
 * German: quantitative Lockerung, monetäre Lockerung
 * Hungarian: mennyiségi lazítás
 * Italian: alleggerimento quantitativo
 * Japanese: 量的金融緩和政策
 * Korean: 양적완화
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kvantitativ lettelse
 * Polish: luzowanie ilościowe
 * Portuguese: flexibilização quantitativa
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: expansión cuantitativa
 * Swedish: kvantitativa lättnader
 * Welsh: lliniaru meintiol


 * Lithuanian: