Quantitative easing

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This briefing paper was published in October 2014. For more recent information on quantitative easing please see this 14 September 2016 briefing prepared in advance of a parliamentary debate on QE.

This note sets out the background to the policy, how it is expected to work and some possible issues related to its use.

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