Introduction to European Fundamentals | Episode 19: About Tapering [Miko Matsuzaki]

Miko Matsuzaki Profile

Matsuzaki Yoshiko. Began her trading career at Swiss Bank Tokyo. Moved to the UK in 1988, and in 1989 joined the Dealing Room at Barclays Bank London Head Office. Gave birth in 1991. In 1997, she transferred to the American Merrill Lynch Investment Bank in London City. Later retired in 2000. Currently, in addition to FX trading, she disseminates information from Europe directly to individual investors in Japan through blogs, seminars, and YouTube. Author of “Miko Matsuzaki’s London FX” and “London FX That Always Makes Money” (both published by Jiyu Kokuminsha). Since 2018, she has operated “Fundamentals College.” She also started an online salon “FX Style” on DMM.

Blog:http://londonfx.blog102.fc2.com/
Fundamentals College:https://fundamentals-college.com/
Online Salon:https://lounge.dmm.com/detail/1215/

※This article is a reprint/edit of an article from FX攻略.com May 2021 issue. Please note that the market information written in the main text may differ from the current market.

From Ultra-Easy Monetary Policy to Normal Operating Mode

Since the start of 2021, a frequently heard term in the market has been “tapering.” Tapering refers to the reduction of quantitative easing (QE).

In this column, we, who are involved in the foreign exchange market, will write about tapering that we may face at some point in the future.

In the United States, QE was conducted three times from November 2008 to December 2013. Then, starting in January 2014, tapering began.