Quantitative easing
UK doesn’t need more QE: former MPC members
Sir John Gieve, DeAnne Julius and Rachel Lomax say Bank should hold on launch of QE2; Gieve flags asymmetric bias towards looser policy
BoJ’s Suda criticises decision to buy government bonds
Bank of Japan monetary policy minutes reveal dissent over central bank’s decision to include government bonds as part of stimulus programme
Bank of England – Asset Purchase Facility Quarterly Report (Q3 2010)
Bank of England quarterly report on $316 billion facility finds growing stability in corporate funding commercial paper markets
Bank minutes show Posen votes for more QE
Bank minutes show monetary policy committee member Adam Posen voted for further monetary stimulus
Minneapolis Fed’s Kocherlakota: QE exposes taxpayers to risk
Minneapolis Federal Reserve president Narayana Kocherlakota discusses negative impact of quantitative easing on taxpayers
BoE’s Fisher: further QE a possibility
Bank of England rate-setter Paul Fisher says central bank could provide stimulus should conditions warrant it
The Fed is being asked to do too much
Marcelle Arak and Sheila Tschinkel argue that more outright purchases of US Treasuries by the Federal Reserve will do little to stimulate US growth
Bernanke hints at further round of QE
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says Fed is prepared for further stimulus
Central banks should not get accustomed to QE: France’s Noyer
Banque de France governor Christian Noyer says central bank intervention was essential during crisis but should not be perceived as regular practice
Japan edges towards zero bound
Bank of Japan cuts benchmark rate to 0% to 0.1% range, announces further stimulus
NY Fed’s Sack on FOMC’s policy shift
New York Federal Reserve executive vice president Brian Sack said further measures represent meaningful shift in balance sheet path
Bank’s Posen makes case for further stimulus
Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Adam Posen advocates use of more “monetary action” to stimulate economy
BoJ doing all it can to bolster growth, says Shirakawa
Bank of Japan governor Masaaki Shirakawa points to central bank’s multiple efforts to boost activity
Rajan, Krugman renew spat
Ex-IMF chief economist Raghuram Rajan and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman revive clash over central banks' role in the crisis
Posen: Bank’s next step should be ‘heavy duty’ credit easing
Bank of England’s Posen suggests different tack if UK’s recovery remains anaemic
Monetary policy best placed to boost short-term growth: King
Bank of England governor Mervyn King tells trade unionists that monetary policy is best suited to revive flagging broad money figures; says fiscal emphasis should be on debt reduction
Fed cannot bear full burden of job creation: Fisher, Plosser
Regional Federal Reserve presidents Richard Fisher and Charles Plosser say loosening monetary stance further will not cure unemployment ills; monetary policy no panacea for macroeconomic problems
Focus on banks’ incentives must continue post-crisis: Bank’s Bean
Bank of England deputy governor Charles Bean says crisis focus on bank incentives must remain; financial market problems require macroprudential instruments
UK think tank forecasts 8% rates by 2012
Though now at record lows, Policy Exchange chief economist Andrew Lilico says interest rates in the United Kingdom may rise to 8% by 2012 to overcome double digit inflation
Kansas City Fed: QE effective at zero bound
Kansas City Federal Reserve study shows quantitative easing is effective at lower interest rate bound
New York Fed details how it plans to implement latest policy move
New York Federal Reserve says it will hold levels of domestic securities at $2.054 trillion by buying long-term Treasuries; plans to steer away from scarce markets
King takes firm line on QE, direct lending
Bank of England governor Mervyn King says small businesses’ problems won’t be solved by direct help from the central bank; stresses that banks will be weaned off liquidity support
FOMC pledges to maintain scale of asset purchases
Federal Reserve fails to announce additional quantitative easing but pledges to keep size of purchases at current levels; calls for more easing spurred by weak jobs data
Fed’s Bullard calls for further QE
St Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard says United States must commit to further stimulus if it wants to avoid a deflationary trap like Japan