Season 1 · Episode 363
Did we experience a Pandemic-style People’s QE?
Central banks were buying up trillions in government bonds during the pandemic. Th e money from governments was paid directly into people’s bank accounts. Phil asks Steve, was this People’s QE in practice?
Debunking Economics - the podcast · Steve Keen & Phil Dobbie
August 9, 202334m 50s
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Show Notes
QE was big news before the pandemic. Then, as governments issued bailouts to keep us at home, central banks went into overdrive, buying up the mushrooming bond issuance from government. In some ways, it was a sort of People’s QE, because the money was finding its way directly into people’s bank accounts. So, how does that compare to the QE before we all got ill? And is the pandemic-style QE at all responsible for the rise in inflation we’ve experienced since? Phil asks Steve if there are lessons to be learned about People’s QE and inflation.
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