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 ...

Quantitative easing is a monetary policy action used to stimulate economic activity. The central bank purchases a large number of securities over time in hopes of increasing money supply, easing ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link As the pandemic plunged America's economy into turmoil last March, Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chairman, rushed to prop it back up with a ...

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 ...