This chart illustrates the complete history of the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program, along with Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius's forecast for how "QE3" will be wound down.

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Monetary policy has a few main tools—reserve requirements, discount rates, open market operations (OMO), and quantitative easing (QE). Monetary policy affects markets in many ways, however ...

With no room left to further lower interest rates, the BOJ subsequently adopted a series of “unconventional monetary policy measures,” including quantitative easing, in which the central bank ...