Banking: Quantitative Easing Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Banking: Quantitative Easing

Lord Eatwell Excerpts
Wednesday 27th March 2013

(11 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Newby Portrait Lord Newby
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My Lords, we need to pursue more than one course at the same time. The Green Investment Bank and the new business bank are one way forward; further innovation by the MPC is another. We need the full range of tools at our disposal to promote growth.

Lord Eatwell Portrait Lord Eatwell
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My Lords, given that interest rates have been at record lows for three years and that liquidity is high, with no notable impact on the overall rate of growth, will the Minister tell us exactly what the mechanism is by which this greater monetary activism will stimulate growth?