quantitative easing

noun

, Economics.

1. the policy by which a central bank creates money and uses it to purchase financial assets, thereby increasing the money supply and stimulating a weak economy. : QE

quantitative easing

noun

1. the practice of increasing the supply of money in order to stimulate economic activity

Word History and Origins

Origin of quantitative easing¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Reform UK also plans a £35bn-a-year raid on banks by ceasing to pay interest on the £700bn of bonds held at the Bank of England as a result of the post-financial crisis Quantitative Easing programme.

From BBC

Reform argues that the state should be significantly smaller, and also suggests a massive £35bn funding pot could be made available if the Bank of England stopped paying interest on the bonds it holds as a result of the post-financial crisis quantitative easing programme.

From BBC

The Bank of England has also bought hundreds of billions of pounds' worth of government bonds in the past to support the economy, through a process called "quantitative easing".

From BBC

"This was quantitative easing, elites were liquidating resources and pouring more and more money into circulation. It would have had a big impact on people's lives. There would have been more thinking about money and more activity with money involving a far larger portion of society than before."

From Science Daily

“The deficits today are even larger and occurring in boom times — not as the result of a recession — and they have been supported by quantitative easing, which was never done before the great financial crisis,” he writes.

From New York Times