'Quantitative Easing': What Does It Really Mean for Investors?

Don't make things more complex than they have to be. What does it mean?

• Devaluation of paper money, particularly the senior currency in which the majority of debt was issued (U.S. dollar)
• Reduction in the general standard of living
• Ongoing default of debt through inflation
• Rising price of gold and silver relative to fiat.
  

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Investors queasy over whether there's anything that can be done to boost the flagging US economy could get a trillion-dollar answer this week from the Federal Reserve.

When officials from the central bank emerge from this week's Jackson Hole, Wyo., retreat, they will likely disclose the latest in the arsenal of so-called "quantitative easing" measures.

Source: cnbc.com