quantitative easing Archives

Opposition to Quantitative Easing Increases

SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Following Wednesday’s unexpected election results that saw the opposition Minjoo Party perform much better than expected, previous calls for quantitative easing from the Saenuri Party are increasingly unlikely to come to fruition. The quantitative easing measures were suggested by Kang Bong-gyun, who spearheaded the Saenuri’s Party election campaign, causing conflict between the [...]

Finance Minister Urges Smooth Unwinding of QE Programs

PARIS/SEJONG, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s finance minister called on major economies Wednesday to wind down their quantitative easing programs smoothly in order to ensure the stable growth of the global economy. Speaking at the economic outlook session at this year’s Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) ministerial meeting in Paris, Finance Minister [...]