Quantitative easing is just a fancy newspeak-doublespeak word for monetizing debt. Basically the treasury bond auction has functionally failed and the Fed has to step in a buy the bonds because nobody else wants them.
This is not true. The fed is targeting specific medium term bonds. It isn't buying every bond on offer, which is what it would do during a failed auction.
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Quantitative easing is just a fancy newspeak-doublespeak word for monetizing debt. Basically the treasury bond auction has functionally failed and the Fed has to step in a buy the bonds because nobody else wants them.
This is not true. The fed is targeting specific medium term bonds. It isn't buying every bond on offer, which is what it would do during a failed auction.