Below are graphs of the M0 and M2 money supply measures. So where did all the M0 money go if it wasn't multiplied through the credit system? The answer is that banks and financial institutions hoarded the money in order to shore up their own balance sheets and regain profitability.
Banks still had bad loans and toxic assets on their balance sheets as a result of the housing bubble burst and its aftershocks. The extra cash on hand made their financial picture look a whole lot better. As the economy has recovered and the fed has begun tapering its interventions, the money being held by banks is being returned to the Fed slowly in the form of interest payments on the debts purchased during QE. Meanwhile, the U. Many feared that QE would spell hyperinflation for the U.
The crisis, however, was largely a deflationary phenomenon and the money being injected into the system by QE, as seen by the spike in the M0 monetary base, was by and large retained by the financial sector, with the more important M2 money supply remained fairly stable.
Hyperinflation is an exponential rise in prices and tends to occur not when countries print too much money; instead, it is associated with a collapse in the real underlying economy. The printing of money is a desperate effort to maintain stability and prevent production from coming to a halt, as what happened in post-WWI Germany and during the s when Mugabe headed the government of Zimbabwe.
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As a result, the overall stock market could see stronger gains because of quantitative easing. Confidence in the economy grows. Through QE, the Fed has reassured markets and the broader economy.
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This compensation comes from two main sources. That's why fiscal policy has been kicked in this time around, as only actual spending can end up as deposits in bank accounts, thus turning the central banks' purchase of government bonds into money supply growth.
It's just so easy for journalists and others who only have a dangerous 'little bit of knowledge' about monetary economics to throw lines around like 'they're printing money and that's dishonest' etc. But it just isn't true! In the end, it's banks that produce growth in the money supply through creating credit.
I've read several finance text books from well regarded academics on monetary policy and QE and this is as good of an explanation as I have come across. Clear and concise. Households that hold lots of debt such as here should actually be cheering for some inflation.
But the wrinkle is liabilities here are largely floating instead of fixed so any perceived benefits would be offset by rising interest rates..
QE could have the opposite impact of making the market feel the economy needs stimulating and therefore less likely to spend? The only reason I can come up with is currency, they don't want a rising currency and if our rates are relatively too high compared to other countries and make us uncompetitive at the currency level. Phil, I mentioned in the article that bonds price in expected inflation, not actual.
And that these targets are unlikely to be met before , so it expects the cash rate to stay at the low level of 0. And possibly extend its QE program to also keep a lid on longer term rates. No doubt currency is also a consideration. Thanks, Tony. As good an explanation as I've read. But in late it was introduced to fight deflationary forces and boost growth in the euro-zone.
The question is: will it work? Unemployment and inflation seem to be heading in different directions in Australia and the United States, but the outcomes for interest rates and equity markets might be the same.
Weather and financial market events in particular seem to have occurred far more than once in the last years. The way home ownership relates to retirement income is rated a 'D', as in Distortion, Decumulation and Denial. For many, their home is their largest asset but it's least likely to be used for retirement income. We tend to forget that house prices often fall. Direct lending controls are more effective than rate rises because macroprudential limits affect the volume of money for housing leaving business rates untouched.
Any policy decision needs to recognise who is affected by a change. It pays to check the data on who pays taxes, who owns assets and who earns the income to ensure an equitable and efficient outcome. There are reasons to believe inflation will stay under control, and although we may see a slowing in the global economy, two companies should benefit from the themes of 'Stable Compounders' and 'Structural Winners'.
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Well done! QE is not money printing, but what is it? How does this happen, and who 'creates money'? Back to the impact on inflation QE is indeed an inflationary tool, but increasing the monetary base does not guarantee inflation. Money is not necessarily circulating and therefore has little, if any, effect on inflation. John Pracy March 22, Still confused!
Warren Bird March 22, John, just focus on the fact that monetary policy is all about setting interest rates. Dane March 11, I've read several finance text books from well regarded academics on monetary policy and QE and this is as good of an explanation as I have come across. Phil March 11, still don't quite understand, if bond yields have nearly doubled in the last 3 months, the market signalling inflation expectation and growth, and that is what the RBA wants, why does it continue with QE, to supress the rate?
Tony Dillon March 11, Phil, I mentioned in the article that bonds price in expected inflation, not actual. Jack March 11, Thanks, Tony. Leave a Comment: Comment is required Name is required Email is required. Sam Churchill 27 March Policy pincers in Australia and the US Unemployment and inflation seem to be heading in different directions in Australia and the United States, but the outcomes for interest rates and equity markets might be the same.
Ashley Owen 29 August Craig Swanger 27 November Firstlinks is sponsored by:. Most viewed in recent weeks. Stop treating the family home as a retirement sacred cow The way home ownership relates to retirement income is rated a 'D', as in Distortion, Decumulation and Denial. Susan Thorp 27 October House prices surge but falls are common and coming We tend to forget that house prices often fall.
Ashley Owen 6 October Graham Hand 6 October Two strong themes and companies that will benefit There are reasons to believe inflation will stay under control, and although we may see a slowing in the global economy, two companies should benefit from the themes of 'Stable Compounders' and 'Structural Winners'. Roger Montgomery 20 October Dawn Kanelleas 13 October RBA switched rate priority on house prices versus jobs RBA Governor, Philip Lowe, says that surging house prices are not as important as full employment, but a previous Governor, Glenn Stevens, had other priorities, putting the "elevated level of house prices" first.
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