Learn how open market operations and quantitative easing differ in scale and purpose, impacting economic growth and monetary policy strategies. Get insights and examples.

(Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said last week that the central bank's decision to cut interest rates and buy more assets did not mark a return to quantitative easing, an extreme ...

(Reuters) - Central banks throughout the world are considering or turning to non-conventional measures like quantitative easing to keep credit flowing as they run out of scope to lower benchmark ...

Warsh’s repeated focus on the issue could shape the Fed’s policy approach going forward, wrote Wells Fargo Chief Economist ...