Quantitative easing (QE) is a non-traditional monetary policy tool used by central banks, particularly when interest rates are already low and cannot be reduced further. It was popularized during the ...

Quantitative easing is a monetary policy action used to stimulate economic activity. The central bank purchases a large number of securities over time in hopes of increasing money supply, easing ...

Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...

Listening to Ben Bernanke announcing the Fed’s decision to buy mortgage-backed bonds until hell freezes over, I’m reminded of a British cartoon character called Billy Bunter. Bunter was a portly ...

The Bank of England said Friday that Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy Charlie Bean will tour the U.K. for seven days to explain the central bank's program of quantitative easing. The tour will ...