jetpack domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /mnt/stor08-wc1-ord1/694335/916773/www.tvhe.co.nz/web/content/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131updraftplus domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /mnt/stor08-wc1-ord1/694335/916773/www.tvhe.co.nz/web/content/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131avia_framework domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /mnt/stor08-wc1-ord1/694335/916773/www.tvhe.co.nz/web/content/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131Well, they are sort of like QE – except you get some price signals.
QE is like a negative OCR in the same way that a increase in the standard OCR is like cutting the money supply …
]]>This is the point I was getting towards in the previous discussion: negative interest rates are doable, but only in conjunction with quantitative easing; they’re not a substitute.
]]>But to what level – if the government dropped $100,000 into everyone’s lap, would we all keep it under our beds …
It doesn’t makes sense to say that we can’t make real interest rates negative – and if needs be we might be able to throw the money in by making nominal interest rates negative …
If that doesn’t work – the army owns helicopters, and our postal service still functions 😉
]]>Exactly – they do. They buy bonds and the such, pushing up the relative price. It works in the same way as the Fed coming out and directly buying bonds – except we get some idea of the type of risk households and banks are willing to take on
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