Watch out for the Q Trap
Jean warns against the Q Trap–becoming trapped into thinking G3 central banks’ quantitative tightening (QT) is quantitative easing…
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Jean Boivin, PhD
Global Head of Research for the BlackRock Investment InstituteJean Boivin, PhD, is Global Head of Research for the Blackrock Investment Institute. Prior to joining BlackRock, Dr. Boivin served as deputy governor of the Bank of Canada and as Finance Canada’s associate deputy minister and G7/G20 deputy. He has taught at Columbia Business School and HEC Montreal. He writes about the global economy, global markets and policy.
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