Video: Khan Academy on the Difference between Credit Easing (US) and Quantitative Easing (Japan)

For Bernanke, according to the Khan Academy, the difference between quantitative easing and credit easing is the intent and where you direct the extra money you printed. For Japan, printing money  aimed at getting money in circulation. For Bernanke’s Fed, printing money has been targeted to increase demand for some types of securities where there is a credit logjam (Portfolio Balance channel) 

This is simply the same dog with different collar.