The big (duration) short

To the extent that Fed buying is skewed towards short duration debt, allowing long duration bond holdings to mature — and to ...
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The hidden costs of free money: How quantitative easing fueled economic chaos

For years, critics of Quantitative Easing (QE) have argued that it would eventually lead to runaway inflation, with central banks “printing money” and flooding financial markets. With today’s high ...
Reuters

Bank of England sees wider QE benefits cushioning big losses

MANCHESTER, England, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Tuesday that wider benefits from its past government bond purchases mostly offset the large losses accruing on its quantitative ...
Seeking Alpha

Quantitative Tightening Coming To An End

The Federal Reserve will end its current round of quantitative tightening on December 1, signaling a potential shift toward quantitative easing. Since 2009, the Fed has managed monetary policy through ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Urges ECB to Cut Rates, Restart QE

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani called on the European Central Bank to lower borrowing costs and resume quantitative easing to help prevent gains in the euro from hurting his country’s ...
American Banker

As Fed mulls the end of QT, what lessons have been learned?

As the Federal Open Market Committee is slated to announce its near-term interest rate decision later today, market watchers are also expecting an announcement about when the central bank will stop ...
Bitcoin Magazine

Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates by 25 Basis Points, Ends Quantitative Tightening

The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25% to 3.75%-4%, the first cut since September 2025, aiming to stimulate spending while some view it as a ...
The New York Times

Strains in Short-Term Markets Raise Urgency of Fed’s Balance Sheet Debate

Warning signs in crucial money markets have raised the prospect that the central bank will soon stop reducing its portfolio of government debt and mortgage bond holdings. By Joe Rennison and Colby ...
The Motley Fool

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Just Hinted at a Change That Seems Positive for the Stock Market. But Should Investors Actually Be Worried?

The Fed's potential ending of quantitative tightening policies seems to be good news for investors. However, there's a more complicated picture. An end to quantitative tightening by the Fed might not ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Fed Likely to Tap Quantitative Easing If Risk Assets Plunge, Ex-GIC CIO Says

The US Federal Reserve is likely to resort to quantitative easing if there is a crash in risk assets such as equities, said the former investment chief of Singapore’s wealth fund. The potential for a ...
National Review

The High Costs of Forever QE

It amplifies the temptation to overspend in turbulent times. The Federal Reserve has become the “only game in town” for America’s economic problems. That phrase once signaled admiration. Today it’s an ...