factor-fiction>"The way QE works is that the central bank buys government bonds through commercial banks and other financial institutions. It's just another way of increasing the money supply Are you looking for a list of which institution the B of E bought them from? "
I am ^so^ glad you added that fiction-factor:
Since the Central Bank is the one that issues government bonds then it is effectively buying back its own debt ??? with what?... I have read claims that it 'buys' back this debt with more 'created' bonds, and I have read that the Central Bank 'purchased assets' ( whatever that means).
This Bank of England video 'explains' that the B of E buys back its own debt - bonds - and that it buys them back mostly from firms other than banks: it also mentions that the B of E is also buying smaller amounts of private debt like corporate bonds.
I have read that the main private debt it purchases is the 'toxic assets' remaining from the 2007 financial disaster.
So does magic money produced by the B of E *mainly* buy back its own debt (=bonds) and a small amount of private=corporate debt ?
Yes factor-fiction *if* the above is correct then Yes! I would still like to know whom the government bonds were bought from and whom and what exactly was the private/corporate debt that was purchased.( I am willing to pay the government/Bank of England for this information and will then list it here and other Public Forums.)
7 years on since the financial disaster and I have yet to meet anyone that I have asked - and I have asked many many people - and none of them have been able to give a clear answer to what exactly the quantitative easing entailed.
This £375 billion is a huge total and the media avoid any clear explanation
of it, so please can someone help us all understand this.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetarypolicy/pages/qe/default.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilt-edged_securities