monetary policy

global interest rates 2004-2011 (wsj)

g20 interest rate (ft 2010)





liquidity trap issues

japan style liquidity trap (ft 6 nov 2011)

krugman reflects on above (nyt oped 11/11/11)


cnbc video chicago fed on us situation (aug 2011)





krugman op ed nyt (mar 2010)


quantitative easing resources

introduction:
qe explained (ft 05/02/09) excellent starting point
Q&A QE (bbc 07/12/09)
guardian glossary

qe explained - simple


bank of england monetary policy home page
boe asset purchase facility home page
boe pamphlet on qe


ex ante:

Bank of England may halt QE (bbc 04/02/10)

Questions for QE (Stephanomics 07/01/10) read comments
Intriguing economic questions for 2010 (Stephanomics 23/12/09)
what happens if interest rates rise (bbc 04/02/10)

ex post:

bank of england statement
bank stops qe (bbc 04/02/10)
easy does it (stephanomics 04/02/10)

how effective is qe? (ft 04/02/10)

bank puts qe on hold (ft 04/02/10)

the day after:

guardian comment - guardian qe homepage

chancellors letter
govenors letter
chancellor and asset purchase facility


QE2


QE2 sloman economics


background reading:

bernake us qe (bloomberg 02/12/09)
QE by bank of japan (Fed 2001)

ft central banks homepage