Thoughts on Quantitative Tightening – February 2022

Quantitative Easing (QE) is a bond-purchasing program where central banks buy government and corporate bonds as well as mortgage-backed securities. Central banks around the world have used QE during the pandemic to stimulate the economy and lower yields on long-term bonds. Printing money to buy these assets, inflation can occur not long after. But QEContinue reading “Thoughts on Quantitative Tightening – February 2022”

Is Poland Going To Leave the EU? – October 2021

This article is related to the potential devaluation of the Polish złoty due to Polish government leaving the EU or squashing central bank independence.  On October 7, 2021, Poland’s Constitutional Court ruled that key articles of the European Union were incompatible with Polish law. Now the European Union is threatening to withhold Covid relief moneyContinue reading “Is Poland Going To Leave the EU? – October 2021”