"quantitative easing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: quantitative easings [plural]
Etymology: Possibly partly after Japanese 量的緩和 (ryōteki kanwa, “quantitative easing”), short form of 量的 (ryōteki, “quantitative”) 金融 (kin'yū, “financial”) 緩和 (kanwa, “easing”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ja|量的緩和||quantitative easing|tr=ryōteki kanwa}} Japanese 量的緩和 (ryōteki kanwa, “quantitative easing”), {{m|ja|量的||quantitative|tr=ryōteki}} 量的 (ryōteki, “quantitative”), {{m|ja|金融||financial|tr=kin'yū}} 金融 (kin'yū, “financial”), {{m|ja|緩和||easing|tr=kanwa}} 緩和 (kanwa, “easing”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} quantitative easing (usually uncountable, plural quantitative easings)
  1. (economics) A monetary policy in which the central bank increases the money supply in the banking system, as by purchasing bonds from banks. Wikipedia link: quantitative easing Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Economics Translations (monetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically): expansió quantitativa [feminine] (Catalan), 量化寬鬆 (Chinese Mandarin), 量化宽松 (liànghuà kuānsōng) (Chinese Mandarin), kvantitativní uvolňování [neuter] (Czech), kvantitatiivne õgvendamine (Estonian), setelirahoitus (Finnish), määrällinen elvytys (Finnish), assouplissement quantitatif [masculine] (French), quantitative Lockerung [feminine] (German), monetäre Lockerung [feminine] (German), mennyiségi lazítás (Hungarian), alleggerimento quantitativo [masculine] (Italian), 量的金融緩和政策 (ryōteki kin’yū kanwa seisaku) (Japanese), 양적완화 (yangjeogwanhwa) (Korean), kvantitativ lettelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), luzowanie ilościowe [neuter] (Polish), flexibilização quantitativa [feminine] (Portuguese), коли́чественное смягче́ние (kolíčestvennoje smjaxčénije) [neuter] (Russian), expansión cuantitativa [feminine] (Spanish), kvantitativa lättnader [plural] (Swedish), lliniaru meintiol [masculine] (Welsh)

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