quantitative easing UK US noun [U] (ABBREVIATION QE) FINANCE, ECONOMICS, BANKING
► the act by a country's central bank of increasing the money supply (= amount of money in the economy) at a time when interest rates are very low, as a way of increasing economic growth: »
The Bank of England embarked upon a programme of printing money or quantitative easing, during March 2009.
Financial and business terms. 2012.