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Are the central banks still masters of the universe?

For the past 15 years, whenever the global economy has had a wobble, the world’s central banks have attempted to steady the ship through quantitative easing (QE).

From the financial crisis, to the European sovereign debt crisis, to the oil market collapse, to Covid – every major negative issue for financial markets has seen the central banks turn on the QE taps, and risk asset prices go up.

The big question is, does this strategy still work today? Sit tight and listen to Jordan Sriharan in this video, as he examines the data.

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