QE

See also: q.e., qe, and që

Translingual

🜀 U+1F700, 🜀 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR QUINTESSENCE [unassigned: U+1F6FD–U+1F6FF] ← 🛼 [U+1F6FC] Alchemical Symbols 🜁 → [U+1F701]

Symbol

QE

1. (alchemy, archaic) abbreviation for quintessence, quinta essentia

   Synonyms: 𝒬, q̄, ē

English

Noun

QE (uncountable)

1. (finance) Initialism of quantitative easing.
   • 2012, The Economist, Jul 14th 2012 issue, Quantitative easing: QE, or not QE?

     In times of severe economic distress, however, rates may fall to zero. Cue QE. When the Bank of Japan (BoJ) pioneered QE in 2001, its goal was to buy enough securities to create a desired quantity of reserves (hence, “quantitative easing”). Its actions, it hoped, would raise asset prices and end deflation.

Proper noun

QE

1. (Canada, informal) Alternative form of QEW

Anagrams

• EQ, Eq., eq, eq.

Spanish

Proper noun

QE

1. Abbreviation of Querétaro (Mexican state)