I'm really pleased to be featured in @justmoney.bsky.social's current scholarship post. Looking at the Bank of Japan and Fed archives, I argue that QE was always linked to public-sector support, but that effect was deliberately suppressed in central banks' public research and other comms.
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Current ScholarshipCommunication tools: a genealogy of quantitative easing
Will Bateman
๐จCurrent scholarship! In this article, Prof. Bateman explores the communication strategies through which central bankers in Japan and the US downplayed the fiscal effects of quantitative easing programs, raising interesting questions about central bank independence and the fiscal/monetary divide. ๐ฆ๐ธ
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Really honoured to be featured!
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Can't wait to read it....even if a work of history in the making:)
01.07.2025 12:39 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Outstanding piece, @benbraun.bsky.social, well done! ๐ ๐ ๐
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Screenshot of the title page of linked article:
"Noisy Politics, Quiet Technocrats: Strategic Silence by Central Banks"
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