I think you can know what Quantitative Easing is, without realizing what QE means. Even advanced research journals read by scientists only will do something like this: Quantitative Easing (QE) in the opening. For the point that she had no idea it would be posted here, you're correct, but stuff like this does not help pick up new readers. My first thought was this was going to be about some sort of equity investment system, like Private Equity, also called PE.