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Did we experience a Pandemic-style People’s QE?
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Did we experience a Pandemic-style People’s QE?

Central banks were buying up trillions in government bonds during the pandemic. The money from governments was paid directly into people’s bank accounts. Was this People’s QE in practice?

QE was big news before the pandemic. Then, as governments issued bailouts to keep us at home, central banks went into overdrive, buying up the mushrooming bond issuance from government. In some ways, it was a sort of People’s QE, because the money was finding its way directly into people’s bank accounts. So, how does that compare to the QE before we all…

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