The inevitable seems to be happening to the U.S. dollar. After record-breaking liquidity injections by the Fed in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the greenback is weakening across the board. The U.S. dollar has recently been declining against its major rivals, including the Yen, the pound and the euro. EURUSD, the most traded Forex pair…
ECB’s Quantitative Easing (QE) and Velocity
Why ECB quantitative easing program may not achieve the much needed results? If we follow the economic theory, an increase in the money supply should cause inflation and therefore price inflation. But here comes the tricky part. Most economists do not make the difference between these two concepts. Inflation is an increase in the overall money…