Friday, January 23, 2015

Fed QE was $4trn over six years, passes QE baton to the ECB. BOJ and ECB spending a combined $1.5trn a year.

Fed’s $4 Trillion Holdings to Boost Growth Beyond End of QE
Quantitative easing may turn out to be a gift that keeps on giving for the U.S. economy.
As the Federal Reserve prepares to end its third round of bond buying next week, the central bank
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plans to hang on to the record$4.48 trillion balance sheet it has accumulated since announcing the first round of purchases in November 2008. That will continue to keep a lid on borrowing costs, helping the Fed lift inflation closer to its target and providing support to a five-year expansion facing headwinds abroad, from war in the Mideast to slowing growth inEurope and China.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-24/fed-s-4-trillion-holdings-keep-boosting-growth-beyond-end-of-qe.html
 The European Central Bank has expanded its asset purchase programme to €60bn a month – here is what strategists and other experts made of the move

Read more at http://investmentwatchblog.com/fed-qe-was-4trn-over-six-years-passes-qe-baton-to-the-ecb-boj-and-ecb-spending-a-combined-1-5trn-a-year-so-forget-the-taper-the-emerging-markets-party-goes-on/#KtWvlRZcMAA7elxD.99

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