Meanings
plural quantitative easings
- uncountableusuallyeconomicsA monetary policy in which the central bank increases the money supply in the banking system, as by purchasing bonds from banks.
Summers believes that quantitative easing (printing a lot more yen and getting them circulated) is the most effective way of doing that.
1999 September 18, “ANALYSIS: Professor Summers teaching Japan a Lesson”, in Asia Times1 more example
2012, The Economist, Jul 14th 2012 issue, Quantitative easing: QE, or not QE? In times of severe economic distress, however, rates may fall to zero. Cue QE. When the Bank of Japan (BoJ) pioneered QE in 2001, its goal was to buy enough securities to create a desired quantity of reserves (hence, “quantitative easing”). Its actions, it hoped, would raise asset prices and end deflation.
Origin
Translations
Catalan expansió quantitativa
- expansió quantitativamonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Chinese Mandarin 量化寬鬆 /量化宽松
- 量化寬鬆 /量化宽松 (liànghuà kuānsōng)monetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Czech kvantitativní uvolňování
- kvantitativní uvolňovánímonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Estonian kvantitatiivne õgvendamine
- kvantitatiivne õgvendaminemonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Finnish setelirahoitus, määrällinen elvytys
- setelirahoitusmonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
- määrällinen elvytysmonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
French assouplissement quantitatif
- assouplissement quantitatifmonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
German quantitative Lockerung, monetäre Lockerung
- quantitative Lockerungmonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
- monetäre Lockerungmonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Hungarian mennyiségi lazítás
- mennyiségi lazításmonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Indonesian pelonggaran kuantitatif, cetak uang
- pelonggaran kuantitatifmonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
- cetak uangmonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Italian alleggerimento quantitativo
- alleggerimento quantitativomonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Japanese 量的金融緩和政策
- 量的金融緩和政策 (ryōteki kin’yū kanwa seisaku)monetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Korean 양적완화
- 양적완화 (yangjeogwanhwa)monetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Malay peringanan kuantitatif
- peringanan kuantitatifmonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Norwegian Bokmål kvantitativ lettelse
- kvantitativ lettelsemonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Polish luzowanie ilościowe
- luzowanie ilościowemonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Portuguese flexibilização quantitativa
- flexibilização quantitativamonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Russian коли́чественное смягче́ние
- коли́чественное смягче́ние (kolíčestvennoje smjaxčénije)monetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Spanish expansión cuantitativa
- expansión cuantitativamonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Swedish kvantitativa lättnader
- kvantitativa lättnadermonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Welsh lliniaru meintiol
- lliniaru meintiolmonetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically
Cite this entry
quantitative easing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quantitative%20easing
“quantitative easing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quantitative%20easing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quantitative easing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quantitative%20easing.
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