The Federal Reserve has shifted from quantitative tightening to quantitative easing, injecting billions into the economy.

Restarting quantitative easing (the purchase of short-term Treasury debt) will ease the federal government’s borrowing costs. Read more here.

Discover why quantitative easing post-2008 didn't cause hyperinflation. Learn about economic conditions, banking practices, and money supply dynamics that kept inflation in check.

Monetary cycles define eras of opportunity. For years, we lived under quantitative tightening. Liquidity was withdrawn, balance sheets were reduced and capital became expensive.

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Discover how the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing influenced the M1 money supply, affected bank lending, and altered interest rates during financial crises.

The year 2023 is shaping up to be a challenging one for the Federal Reserve System. The Fed is on track to post its first annual operating loss since 1915. Per our estimates, the loss will be large, ...

Jeff Ptak: I wanted to shift and talk about quantitative tightening. You wrote a piece recently on quantitative tightening. Before we get into some of the key takeaways, can you maybe refresh ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link As the pandemic plunged America's economy into turmoil last March, Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chairman, rushed to prop it back up with a ...

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the Federal Reserve resorted to a type of monetary policy called Quantitative Easing in order to revive the U.S. economy. This program, which involves ...