Quantitative easing
Bank of England QE led institutional investors into corporate debt
Portfolio rebalancing into riskier assets triggered by monetary easing did not extend to equities, BoE paper finds
Kohn says exit from unconventional monetary policies likely to be 'positive event' for UK
External member of Bank of England FPC says ‘most likely all will go well' but warns long period of low volatility may have led to mispricing of risk
Governors and deputies address labour market conundrums at Jackson Hole
Brazil's Tombini, Japan's Kuroda and BoE deputy Ben Broadbent offer their takes on ‘new natural' unemployment rates, weak productivity growth and central bank remedies
BoE paper finds QE did boost bank lending - slightly
New data set shows effect of increased deposits did feed through to lending, though the effect was dampened by lower levels of capital during the crisis
Polish policy-makers sceptical over major central banks' monetary policy
Minutes from the latest meeting of the Polish monetary policy council reveal doubts that QE and ultra-low rates have had the desired effect
Unconventional monetary policy has heightened medium-term risks to banks, IMF paper finds
No evidence that unconventional monetary policies has ‘helped' banks, according to paper; finds deterioration of medium-term bank credit risk in US, UK, and the eurozone
Can central bankers live up to their role as the guardians of finance?
Central bankers need to be the risk managers of the financial system to help mitigate the fallout from future crises. Those that engaged in the latest bouts of QE have not made a good start
Bank of Japan expects inflation to remain short of target for ‘some time'
BoJ policy board votes to continue expanding monetary base by ¥60-70 trillion annually; effects of recent decline in demand ‘expected to wane gradually'
Shrinking BoJ balance sheet will take longer post-QQE than in 2006
Economist says unwinding the BoJ’s asset purchases will take longer when QQE finishes than it did at the end of QE in 2006, because this time it is buying bonds with longer maturities
Fed's Plosser dissents over unchanged forward guidance in face of US 'rebound'
Janet Yellen sees second dissent since taking the Federal Reserve chair in January; FOMC language suggests members are becoming more sanguine about economic trajectory
IMF calls for clarity on BoE monetary framework ahead of first rate hike
Bank of England ‘will need to announce soon what its new monetary control framework will be', the Fund says, adding it is ‘waiting to hear' from the bank
‘Shadow' Fed funds rate suggests Fed should have loosened more following crisis
Kansas City Fed study says Fed should have been more active in early stage of ‘Great Recession' but also notes policy became ‘considerably' more accommodative over time
RBA governor questions impact of QE on risk-taking in real economy
Glenn Stevens says it is ‘hard to read’ whether the effects of QE are filtering through to the real economy; business capital spending remains low in many major economies
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Start policy normalisation now!
Policy changes are needed to reduce the chances of another recession
IMF steps up call for QE in Europe
The European Central Bank should launch a large-scale asset purchase programme if inflation does not pick up; IMF staffers untroubled by risk of asset bubbles
Fed set to finish taper in October
FOMC mulls decision on whether to raise Fed funds rate or shrink balance sheet first before year-end; fears either strategy could jeopardise Fed's communication efforts
Nakaso backs BoJ to exit QQE smoothly
Bank of Japan the only central bank with experience in exiting QE; Hiroshi Nakaso says it has an ‘extensive’ range of instruments at its disposal
Should central banks review their investment guidelines as monetary policy normalises?
Central Banking editor Chris Jeffery talks to Charles Goodhart, Tim Young and Scott Dickinson about the strategies reserve managers can deploy ahead of a tightening in monetary policy
Sri Lankan central bank weighs impact of QE on emerging markets
Latest financial system stability review features box on QE; central bank suggests the damage caused by market reaction to the Fed taper outweighed the initial benefits
IMF says ECB should 'consider' buying eurozone government debt
International Monetary Fund encourages European Central Bank to launch large-scale asset purchase programme if inflation ‘remains stubbornly low’
Fed tapers another $10 billion as US growth rebounds
Starting in July, bank will buy $35 billion of extra assets each month; taper finished by year's end at current pace
BoJ minutes reveal concern over supply-side issues
Policy board members say that while QQE is supporting higher levels of demand in the economy, it is also contributing to supply-side problems such as labour shortages
Fed's communication on tapering ‘careless and whimsical', says new BoE deputy
Ben Broadbent, incoming deputy governor for monetary policy, says the Bank of England is likely to provide ‘disciplined' guidance on asset sales
Kuroda says 'premature' end of QE damaged BoJ credibility
Haruhiko Kuroda says the ‘somewhat premature’ ending of quantitative easing in 2006 made it hard for BoJ to gain credibility as a ‘deflation fighter’