QE3 The recent announcement by the US Federal Reserve to buy US treasuries and mortgage bonds worth $40 billion a month, led to positive gains in the stock market indices around the world. The phenomenon also termed as Quantitative Easing 3 or QE3 resulted in heavy gains around the world, especially the Indian economy where […]

During the 1st version of quantitative easing, the US Federal reserve bought around $1.45 trillion of mortgage-backed securities and other agency debt. This entire activity took place during the 14 month long stint of QE1. Also securities worth around $600 billion were bought during the 8 month period of QE2. Read more What QE Infinity […]

Quantitative Easing Quantitative Easing – the name sounds too fancy in these modern, fast developing and rapidly growing world. It is very well known that with the growing inability of traditional monetary tools, QE has been a preferred weapon to fight out dry economies. However, one of the major concerns is “If pouring in billions […]

Financial Repression What does Financial Repression Mean? Financial Repression means the process through which Governments and Financial Institutions repress savers from receiving a reasonable return on their saving by artificially lowering the deposit rates. Financial Repression takes mainly through: a) The Governments and the Central Banks artificially lowering the interest rate by setting a very […]

The QE Infinity program of Quantitative Easing launched by the US Federal Reserve has left even the most cynical Fed watcher shocked by the quantum of easing that the US Fed has unleashed. Here are some of the intelligent reactions to the QE by the Fed from some of the most astute market analysts. Rosenbergy […]

Quantitative Easing by USA The US Federal Bank announced to unlimited Quantitative Easing at the rate of $40 billion a month, surprising the market which at the most was expecting a one time QE3. This sent the prices of all risk on assets, rocketing higher. While even the Indian stocks joined the rally, the long […]