Quantitative easing (QE) is a non-traditional monetary policy tool used by central banks, particularly when interest rates are already low and cannot be reduced further. It was popularized during the ...

It's been almost two decades since the Federal Reserve, America's central bank, first used quantitative easing (QE), an unconventional monetary policy tool. As Nancy Davis, portfolio manager of the ...

Nigel Farage has urged the Bank of England to welcome cryptocurrency and change its approach to quantitative easing during ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Over the last year, few global narratives have irked Chinese ...

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 lead-up to Friday's Federal Reserve Board meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyo., the burning question is whether Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will lean toward a third round of quantitative easing to ...

Plenty of traders have lost millions on ill-timed forays into bond markets. A sorry handful have even lost billions. Losing hundreds of billions, though, is the preserve of governments. In Britain the ...