Quantitative Tightening?

June 01, 2014


Quantitative Tightening?

In November of 2008, the Federal Reserve, under the leadership of Chairman Ben Bernanke, announced it would begin a phase of monetary policy called “quantitative easing (QE).” The program involved the purchase of securities in the open market and was designed to have a stimulative effect on the U.S. economy by reducing market interest rates.