Quantitative Easing

Indentured Servitude for Seniors: Social Security Garnished for Student Debts

Ellen Brown | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Social Security, Student Debt, Federal Reserve, Quantitative Easing, Public Banking, Bank Bailout, Usury, Free Tuition, Business News

U.S. taxpayers now pay nearly half a trillion dollars annually to finance our federal debt. By financing the debt itself rather than paying interest to private parties, the government could divert what it would have paid in interest into tuition, jobs, infrastructure and social services.

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The Fed's Jelly Donut Policy

David Einhorn | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Interest Rates, qe3, Investing, Markets, Qe2, Hedge Funds, Economy, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Quantitative Easing 3, Bond Market, Monetary Policy, Business News

I believe that stocks are depressed because there is a pervasive feeling that something awful is going to happen. What is this enormous tail-risk? It's the intersection of reckless fiscal policy with overindulgent "Jelly Donut" monetary policy.

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Paul Krugman On The Federal Reserve: 'Not Enough Inflation'

The New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Inflation Hawks, Inflation, The New York Times, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, New York Times, Ben Bernanke, Paul Krugman, Alan Greenspan, Republicans, Business News

A few days ago, Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, spoke out in defense of his successor. Attacks on Ben Bernanke by Republic...

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Markets Wake Up to Central Banks' Complicated Tradeoffs

Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: qe3, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, Central Bank, European Central Bank, Fed, Business News

This week's market action serves as a vivid reminder of how dependent valuations are on central bank policies. The question for markets thus boils down to whether central banks will do more; and the issues these institutions face are extremely and increasingly complex.

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These Three Words Are Causing A Pavlovian Stock Rally Today

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: qe3, Mortgages, Stocks, Bonds, Stock Market, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Fed, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, Mortgage Bonds, Ben Bernanke, Qe, Treasury Bonds, Business News

Just how addicted is the stock market to the Fed's easy money? We just got a prime example. Late Wednesday morning, stocks were meandering along, n...

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Fictional Davos Discussion Between Tim Geithner and China's He Yafei

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: General Electric, Wall Street Bailout, Trade Imbalance, Davos, Bank of America, Davos 2012, Aig, Fannie Mae, Free Trade, Manufacturing, United States, Cheap Labor, China Currency, Capitalism, Jeff Immelt, American Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Currency Manipulation, Freddie Mac, Bailout, Tim Geithner, State Capitalism, Quantitative Easing, Bear Stearns, China, Citigroup, World Economic Forum, Thomas Friedman, The World Is Flat, World News

The following conversation did not take place... but wouldn't it have been interesting if it did? Geithner: Glad I found you. We really need to talk...

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Will Another Fed Stimulus Boost The Economy?

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: qe3, Quantitative Easing, Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, Video, Ben Bernanke, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Prudential, Prudential Annuities, Prudential Financial, Business News

As the international economic climate becomes more threatening, there is talk that the Federal Reserve could try another monetary stimulus to aid the ...

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Federal Reserve Keeps Europe At Arm's Length

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: qe3, European Debt Crisis, Financial Industry, Video, Federal Reserve Board, Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Quantitative Easing, European Union, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Sovereign Debt Crisis, European Central Bank, Barack Obama, Business News

As the eurozone crisis continues to develop, pressure for the European Central Bank to act is mounting. Many want the ECB to bail out troubled Europea...

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Epiphinal Economic Times

Patrick Yam | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, Economy, Fed, Business News

Quantitative Easing has dispelled any notion that we are dedicated to maintaining a strong dollar, as various presidential administrations have professed throughout the past few decades.

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What Quantitative Easing Really Means

Ismael Hossein-zadeh | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Quantitative Easing, Wall Street Europe, Quantitative Easing Bailouts, Wall Street Bailouts, Quantitative Easing Banks, Bank Bailouts, Wall Street Policy, Quantitative Easing Finance, Quantitative Easing Europe, Business News

Not only did Wall Street gamblers bail themselves out by means of $16 trillion of taxpayer money, but now they are also showering themselves with additional trillions of QE dollars to grow even richer.

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Democracy Versus Bankers at the Fed

Dean Baker | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Quantitative Easing, Monetary Policy, Jobs, Federal Reserve, Democracy, Unemployment, Inflation, Occupy Wall Street, Business News

An overhaul of the Fed is long overdue. It should be turned into a body that directly answers to Congress just like every other regulatory agency. And the bankers must go.

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'Operation Twist': What Is It? How Could It Help? But Why Will It Not?

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Quantitative Easing, Operation Twist, Fed 400 Billion, Federal Reserve, Fed Stimulus, Fed Operation Twist, Business News

As the U.S. launches $400bn 'Operation Twist' in a desperate attempt to kick-start the economy, concerns arise over how effective this will be.

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New York Times To Produce Interactive Comics

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Quantitative Easing Explained, Comics, Videotorial, Quantitative Easing, Xtranormal, New York Times, Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg, Finacial-Crisis, Animation, Arts News

The New York Times has announced that it will partner with video production website Xtranormal for a new interactive comic strip. The NYT will use the...

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It's Not Bernanke, It's Congress

Daniel Hough Jones | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: Congressional Deadlock, 112th Congress, Politics, Business News, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Economic Recovery, Congress, Quantitative Easing, Gridlock, Political News, Business News

I think our state of affairs is nonsense. We the People are standing around allowing Congress to run us onto the rocks. We are stupid. We should stop being stupid and solve the problem. We should fix the situation.

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Bernanke Provides No Relief

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, Economic Recovery, Ben Bernanke, Business News

There are two ways to read the much-anticipated words Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke issued this morning in Jackson Hole, Wy., and both of them are bad.

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A Symptom of Desperation? Querying QE3

Rob Johnson | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Quantitative Easing, Stimulus, Economy, qe3, Business News

The ongoing talk of more quantitative easing is mainly a symptom of desperation and reflects the dysfunction in Congress and the White House that has stopped us from using much more effective tools to spur the economy forward.

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Federal Reserve's Stimulus Pledge Misses The Point, Fed Official Says

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Dennis Lockhart, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Liquidity-Trap, Bruce Bartlett, Economic Crisis, Quantitative Easing, Business News, Monetary Policy, Financial Crisis, Jobs, Federal Reserve, Richard Fisher, Ben Bernanke, Business News

NEW YORK -- As the Federal Reserve attempts to stimulate the economy and avert a new recession, one of the central bank's most basic tools isn't worki...

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China To Biden: 'United States Has Entered A Long Period Of Decline'

AP | By JOE McDONALD | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Bank of China, Video, Vice President Xi Jinping, Beijing, Communist Party, Inflation, Vice President Joseph Biden, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, China, Business News

BEIJING -- Chinese commentators are marking a visit by Vice President Joseph Biden by offering a struggling United States advice: Stop flooding your e...

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Rick Perry, Ben Bernanke, and the Middle Class

Jared Bernstein | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Inflation, Fed, Rick Perry, Business News

Just when you thought our politics couldn't get any weirder, Texas Governor Rick Perry may have just threatened to beat up Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for suggesting another round of quantitative easing.

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QE3 Not Guaranteed To Happen, And Not Guaranteed To Help If It Does

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: Qe2, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve, Fed Asset Purchases, Stimulus, Recession, Treasury Bonds, qe3, Drew Matus, Double-Dip Recession, Fed, Quantitative Easing, Ben Bernanke, David Jones, Business News

With the economy growing at a snail's pace and the job market still disconcertingly weak, economists are wondering whether the Federal Reserve will un...

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Japan sells surging yen, central bank eases policy

AP | By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Japan Currency, Quantitative Easing, Currency Market, Asia Currency, Japan Yen, Yentervention, Japan Intervention, Business News

TOKYO -- Japan intervened in the foreign currency market Thursday and its central bank engineered a monetary boost, landing a one-two punch to knock t...

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Fed Remains Noncommittal About New Stimulus, Despite Sluggish Economy

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: qe3, Gdp, Qe2, Fed Stimulus, Deflation, Inflation, Bernanke, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Stimulus, Treasury Bonds, US Treasuries, Business News

With the debt-ceiling fight resolved, and discouraging economic reports piling up, the Federal Reserve is under close scrutiny for signs that it might...

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Debt Ceiling Rap: U.S. Debt 'More Unsustainable Than My Rap Career'

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 09.26.2011

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With debt ceiling negotiations at a near standstill, and the August 2 deadline drawing ever closer, what was once thought impossible has already occur...

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The U.S. Debt Ceiling: The How, Why and What Could Happen?

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: UK, Debt, Economics, Debt Ceiling, Economy, Bonds, Obama, China, Borrowing, Eu, Barack Obama, Government, Costs, Investing, Unemployment, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Investment, Quantitative Easing, US, Republicans, Business News

Mirroring issues in the EU, a problem of debt cannot be solved by yet more debt. With the threat of a downgrade looming, any rise in interest rates could make the situation worse, hitting the tax payer and U.S. exporters.

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'Forget Deficit Reduction: Here Comes More Stimulus'

Fortune | John Cassidy | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: 2008 Financial Crisis, Economic Stimulus Package, Great Recession, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, 112th Congress, Ben Bernanke, Obama Debt Reduction, Barack Obama, Business News

With all the talk of debt ceilings and federal spending cuts, you might think that the era of stimulus programs was behind us. Think again. I strongly...

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