https://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/quantitative-easing.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/quantitative-easing.asp Quantitative easing (QE) is a form of

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/quantitative-easing.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/quantitative-easing.asp Quantitative easing (QE) is a form of unconventional monetary policy in which a central bank purchases longer-term securities from the open market in order to increase the money supply and encourage lending and investment. Buying these securities adds new money to the economy, and also serves to lower interest rates by bidding up fixed-income securities. It also expands the central bank's balance sheet. I don't know why you don't think creating money and buying bonds and mortgage securities on the open market counts as money creation. Or if you're being particularly semantic about the mechanical flow of this money. None of these occur without the central bank changing digits in a database which magically allow new money to exist.