金融緩和(きんゆうかんわ)

きんゆうかんわ
noun
monetary easing; financial relaxation
1. monetary easing; monetary relaxation; quantitative easing
A central bank policy of lowering interest rates or increasing the money supply to stimulate economic activity. A key term in economic news and policy discussions in Japan.
日銀(にちぎん)が金融緩和(きんゆうかんわ)を決定(けってい)した。
The Bank of Japan decided on monetary easing.
大規模(だいきぼ)な金融緩和(きんゆうかんわ)が景気(けいき)回復(かいふく)を後押(あとお)しした。
Large-scale monetary easing helped push economic recovery forward.
長引(ながび)く金融緩和(きんゆうかんわ)の副作用(ふくさよう)について専門家(せんもんか)の間(あいだ)で議論(ぎろん)が続(つづ)いている。
Debate continues among experts about the side effects of prolonged monetary easing.

Compound of 金融(きんゆう) ('finance; monetary') and 緩和(かんわ) ('easing; relaxation'). A central concept in Japanese economic reporting, particularly since the Bank of Japan's aggressive easing policies beginning in the 2010s.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 大規模(だいきぼ)金融緩和(きんゆうかんわ): large-scale monetary easing
  • 量的(りょうてき)金融緩和(きんゆうかんわ): quantitative easing (QE)
  • 金融緩和(きんゆうかんわ)政策(せいさく): monetary easing policy
  • 金融緩和(きんゆうかんわ)を解除(かいじょ)する: to end monetary easing
  • 異次元(いじげん)の金融緩和(きんゆうかんわ): unprecedented monetary easing (coined for BOJ's 2013 policy)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 金融引き締め(きんゆうひきしめ): monetary tightening — the opposite policy of raising rates or reducing money supply
  • 利下げ(りさげ): rate cut — a specific tool within monetary easing
  • 量的緩和(りょうてきかんわ): quantitative easing — a specific type of monetary easing focused on expanding the money supply
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