Assertion: quantitative easing | /r/CapableOf | lower longer-term interest rates
Facets:
value: with the purpose
type: PURPOSE
value: further out
type: DEGREE
value: on the yield curve
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Quantitative easing may then be used by the monetary authorities to further stimulate the economy by purchasing assets of longer maturity than only short-term government bonds, and thereby lowering longer-term interest rates further out on the yield curve.
text: And it lowers longer-term interest rates, with the purpose of encouraging business borrowing and homebuying.