QE versus the Real Problems in the World Economy

These notes are based on parts of a keynote address to the Fourth Annual Conference on Money and Finance at Chapman University on 6−7 September 2019. Quantitative easing (QE) policies have been pushed to extremes and extended well beyond their use-by dates to little plausible effect in ach...

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Main Author: Adrian Blundell-Wignall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Risk and Financial Management
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/13/1/11
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spelling doaj-7577a5fb939d4646bef6e5b5cbe20eee2020-11-25T01:35:49ZengMDPI AGJournal of Risk and Financial Management1911-80742020-01-011311110.3390/jrfm13010011jrfm13010011QE versus the Real Problems in the World EconomyAdrian Blundell-Wignall0School of Economics, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, AustraliaThese notes are based on parts of a keynote address to the Fourth Annual Conference on Money and Finance at Chapman University on 6−7 September 2019. Quantitative easing (QE) policies have been pushed to extremes and extended well beyond their use-by dates to little plausible effect in achieving the goal of raising inflation and growth. Instead, they are damaging the interbank market (as exemplified by the liquidity crisis in September 2019), adding to the risk of financial crises in the future and taking pressure off policy-makers to deal with the real causes of poor investment, growth and deflation pressure. The shift in where investment is occurring and the special problems of Europe and Brexit are focused upon.https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/13/1/11quantitative easingglobalizationchinabrexittarget 2europeinterbank market
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Journal of Risk and Financial Management
quantitative easing
globalization
china
brexit
target 2
europe
interbank market
author_facet Adrian Blundell-Wignall
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title QE versus the Real Problems in the World Economy
title_short QE versus the Real Problems in the World Economy
title_full QE versus the Real Problems in the World Economy
title_fullStr QE versus the Real Problems in the World Economy
title_full_unstemmed QE versus the Real Problems in the World Economy
title_sort qe versus the real problems in the world economy
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series Journal of Risk and Financial Management
issn 1911-8074
publishDate 2020-01-01
description These notes are based on parts of a keynote address to the Fourth Annual Conference on Money and Finance at Chapman University on 6−7 September 2019. Quantitative easing (QE) policies have been pushed to extremes and extended well beyond their use-by dates to little plausible effect in achieving the goal of raising inflation and growth. Instead, they are damaging the interbank market (as exemplified by the liquidity crisis in September 2019), adding to the risk of financial crises in the future and taking pressure off policy-makers to deal with the real causes of poor investment, growth and deflation pressure. The shift in where investment is occurring and the special problems of Europe and Brexit are focused upon.
topic quantitative easing
globalization
china
brexit
target 2
europe
interbank market
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