The response of interest rates to US and UK quantitative easing

Economic Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 564, 2012, Pages

  Christensen, Jens H E ^a   Rudebusch, Glenn D ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; DEBT; INTEREST RATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868132652     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2012.02554.x     Document Type: Article

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