Brazil weighs limited QE, but may need a ‘bazooka’
Some economists say Bank's caution underestimates the scale of the coming crash
20 April 2020 - 17:12
Brasilia — Brazil appears set to embark cautiously on unconventional monetary policy using small interventions to tackle dysfunction in bond markets, as it does with foreign exchange, but the severity of the crisis may ultimately force it to emulate the dramatic steps taken in the US and Europe.
Congress is debating a bill to grant the central bank emergency powers to carry out “quantitative easing” or QE as part of its crisis-fighting arsenal, allowing it to buy public and private financial assets during national emergencies...
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