While most Canadians today are unlikely to be familiar with the concept of negative interest rates, it is a policy that is likely
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Tag: Monetary Policy
The “Debt Monetization” Myth
With the recent turmoil in the repo market, the Federal Reserve has once again stepped into the fray and announced a new program of Quantitative
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An Operational Perspective on QE in Canada
Canadian market-watchers generally consider Quantitative Easing (QE) as the bazooka that was never fired by the Bank of Canada (BoC) during the financial
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Money-Pumping Myths, Japan Edition
Due to the unprecedented amount of assets purchased as part of the Bank of Japan’s various “QE” programs over the last two decades,
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The Bank of Canada Playbook – Part 2
With little capacity for the Bank of Canada’s to provide significant economic stimulus through a reduction to their already rock-bottom trend setting overnight
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