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# Quantitative easing
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/quantitative-easing
Last modified: 2026-10-17

Quantitative easing is the Fed buying Treasuries and mortgage bonds with new reserves to push long-term yields down when the policy rate is already near zero. It works on [the long end of the curve that a rate cut cannot reach](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/how-the-fed-moves-markets), and it adds the cash that [the Treasury borrows against](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/who-moves-us-stocks).

## Related terms

- Quantitative tightening: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/quantitative-tightening
- Term premium: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/term-premium
- Federal Reserve: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/federal-reserve
- US Treasury: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/us-treasury
- Market cap categories (mega/large/mid/small): https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/market-cap-categories
- Dividend yield: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/dividend-yield