About the authors: Viral V. Acharya is C.V. Starr professor of economics in the Department of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business and former deputy governor at the Reserve Bank of ...
December 2025 marks the official end of the largest cycle of quantitative tightening the Federal Reserve has ever undertaken. From a peak of $8.93 trillion in June 2022, the Fed has allowed $2.4 ...
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The Federal Reserve has been using quantitative easing and quantitative tightening to conduct monetary policy. The approach has been effective in achieving the Federal Reserve's goals. The strong ...
On March 19, 2001, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) embarked on an unprecedented monetary policy experiment, commonly referred to as “quantitative easing,” in an attempt to stimulate the nation’s stagnant ...
Quantitative easing (QE) is a robust monetary policy tool used by central banks to stimulate the economy when interest rate cuts are no longer effective. It works by increasing the money supply ...
In 2018, the executive on the board for the European Central Bank (ECB) declared Bitcoin, “the evil spawn of the financial crisis” — referring, of course, to the economic disaster 10 years prior.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Federal Reserve announced an important change in its strategy for reducing the bonds it holds on its balance sheet—a process known as quantitative tightening. Here’s a look ...
In the wake of continued weakness in the Japanese economy and recent market turbulence due to the terrorist attacks in the U.S., the Bank of Japan (BOJ) recently increased the intensity of its ...