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The era of global QE is not over

Although the Fed is about to end its asset purchases, quantitative easing in the world as a whole still has a long way to go. The BoJ has already been buying assets on a larger scale than the Fed for the past six months, and it looks increasingly likely that the ECB will unveil a full-blown government bond purchase programme within a few months.

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