However, in the years since the global financial crisis the idea gained prominence, and several central banks decided to take the plunge after 2014 in an attempt to
boost weak economic growth by creating inflation.
Not exact matches
Crude oil prices edged up on Friday
boosted by stronger than expected U.S.
economic data though the longer - term outlook for energy markets remains
weak due to a global oil supply glut and uncertainty over
economic growth prospects in Asia.
A recovery in the value of dairy products, New Zealand's biggest export, may bolster the nation's
economic growth and make the central bank wary of cutting interest rates much further to
boost weak inflation.
According to the latest IBEC quarterly report, a trio of external
boosts to the Irish economy — the ECB's QE programme, lower energy prices and a
weak euro — all point to a continuation of Ireland's strong
economic growth performance in 2015.