The Fed's powers are being eroded at a quick pace, and fiscal quantitative easing is beginning to take the place of monetary ...

Explore the distinction between quantitative easing and currency manipulation, two different financial strategies impacting ...

The year 2023 is shaping up to be a challenging one for the Federal Reserve System. The Fed is on track to post its first annual operating loss since 1915. Per our estimates, the loss will be large, ...

Federal Reserve Building, postcard of the headquarters of the Federal Reserve System (aka Fed), at Constitution Ave in Washington, DC, 1939. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Fed ...

Last week, the US Federal Reserve Board formally brought to an end its quantitative easing program, announcing that starting next month it would begin to reduce the $4.5 trillion worth of financial ...

One of the scariest things about the Federal Reserve’s massive debt-buying program throughout the recession was its potential for fueling crippling inflation. Common sense economics implied that ...

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 ...

Central banks around the world responded to the financial crisis that began in 2007 with quantitative easing—buying securities, such as government bonds, from banks and other institutions in the hope ...

While inflation was cited as the major reason for the Fed deciding to taper the quantitative easing (QE) program it began at the onset of the pandemic, the impact will go far beyond that. Structural ...