Want to know a fancy word for printing new money? Meet “Quantitative easing,” the Fed’s weapon of last resort to try to prod banks to lend to each other and to companies. Marketplace’s Paddy Hirsch is back with his whiteboard to explain how it all goes down. Video inside.

Quantitative easing [Marketplace]

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