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Aggressive quantitative easing should raise long-term interest rates, because effective monetary stimulus raises them.

Drawn from what Scott Sumner said, then moved away from

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What Scott Sumner actually said

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    Scott Sumner 6 Sept 2010 · held 1 day

    I predicted that aggressive QE would raise long term interest rates, a view which seemed to be refuted by the response on T-bond yields to the March 2009 Fed QE announcement.

    A few of my mistakesthemoneyillusion.com

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