It ' s buying longterm assets to force down the longterm interest rate . It didn ' t work in Japan and it doesn ' t work here . Also , calling QE ' Money printing ' is wrong as per Indeed , the term printing money usually implies that newly created money is used to directly finance government deficits or pay off government debt also known as monetizing the government debt . However , with QE , the newly created money is directly used to buy government bonds or other financial assets <| sep |> Any particular reason why ? OR just the first thing that stuck you ? <| sep |> Michu , i hate him so much man . <| sep |> Again , you miss the point . In the case of crimes where a mass murderer has openly surrendered his weapon and is openly surrendering to the police , I don ' t think it ' s likely race will play a large factor in what happens immediately after he has disarmed himself in the vein of him being killed or not . If you support OPs claim back it up with facts , not speculation .