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QE has failed. What comes next?
London, Aug. 17, 2016: Demonstrators outside the Bank of England call for an end to quantitative easing (source: dpa)
General info
What's inside
- Printing money and maintaining near-zero to negative low interest rates have failed to spur growth in Europe
- Central bankers are still hesitant to return to more sound monetary policy
- They have been trying to simultaneously avert a banking crisis and government defaults
- Preventing both will become increasingly difficult; eventually, they will have to choose
Who will benefit?
- Report is targeted to the decision makers in cross country manufacturing – suppliers, manufacturers, logistics.
- Also considered useful for the administrative university facilities, to better understand the possible effects of current decisions.
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