Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Quantitative Easing: Discussion
2:00 pm
Dr. Stephen Kinsella:
Yes, it expanded the reserves exactly according to the diagram I showed the committee. It expanded those reserves out but then it turned around and bought - I was about to say Greek bonds but it did not buy Greek bonds - Irish bonds and German bonds so that it has been spread out. We do not know, for example, how much precisely Ireland has benefitted because of the increase in the €1.1 trillion.
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