Quantitative easing: a rationale and some evidence from Japan

  • This paper reviews the rationale for quantitative easing when central bank policy rates reach near zero levels in light of recent announcements regarding direct asset purchases by the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. Empirical evidence from the previous period of quantitative easing in Japan between 2001 and 2006 is presented. During this earlier period the Bank of Japan was able to expand the monetary base very quickly and significantly. Quantitative easing translated into a greater and more lasting expansion of M1 relative to nominal GDP. Deflation subsided by 2005. As soon as inflation appeared to stabilize near a rate of zero, the Bank of Japan rapidly reduced the monetary base as a share of nominal income as it had announced in 2001. The Bank was able to exit from extensive quantitative easing within less than a year. Some implications for the current situation in Europe and the United States are discussed.

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Author:Volker WielandORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-73605
Parent Title (German):Center for Financial Studies (Frankfurt am Main): CFS working paper series ; No. 2009,30
Series (Serial Number):CFS working paper series (2009, 30)
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Year of Completion:2009
Year of first Publication:2009
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2010/01/13
Tag:Deflation; Japan; Monetary Policy; Quantitative Easing; Zero Bound
GND Keyword:Japan; Bankbilanz; Risikoanalyse; Methode; Wertpapierportefeuille; Geldpolitik; Kursanomalie
HeBIS-PPN:220676518
Institutes:Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS)
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht