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1 Jul 22
Australia’s wealthy and resilient economy will continue to grow as the nation recovers from Covid-19, which ratings agency Moody’s has said is the key factor behind the country’s Aaa rating.
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16 Jun 22
The US Federal Reserve is set to hike lending rates by 0.75 percentage points to help tame runaway inflation, the largest single increase since the 1990s.
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8 Jun 22
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its highest interest rate rise in more than two decades in an attempt to rein in rampant inflation.
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6 May 22
Tightening monetary policy poses risks to Japan’s debt dynamics when the government already has the largest debt of any investment-grade country, rating agency Fitch has warned.
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29 Apr 22
The Swedish central bank has raised interest rates to 0.25% alongside plans to reduce its balance sheet, in response to inflationary risks.
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26 Apr 22
Government ministers must adapt to the ending of cheap debt or face difficult funding decisions in the future, according to Finnish finance minister Annika Saarikko.
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19 Apr 22
The yen tumbled to its weakest performance against the US dollar in 20-years, as the Bank of Japan continues to stand by its yield cap on government bonds.
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19 Apr 22
A record amount of sovereign debt held by banks in emerging economies puts poorer countries at risk of a “doom loop” leading to government defaults, according to IMF economists.
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14 Apr 22
The Bank of Canada has announced its highest interest rate increase in more than 20 years, as the nation grapples with soaring inflation.
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7 Apr 22
The Polish central bank caught the market off-guard by raising interest rates by one percentage point to help stem rampant inflation.
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6 Apr 22
The US Federal Reserve is set to rapidly reduce its balance sheet and continue to hike interest rates, as it seeks to tame soaring inflation, according to a senior official at the bank.
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6 Apr 22
Governments remain set to borrow nearly a third more this year than they did before the Covid-19 as the pandemic, inflation and geopolitical concerns keep the economy on shaky footing, analysts have...
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21 Mar 22
Supply chain issues stemming from the Ukrainian invasion is set to hinder Europe and hit global economic growth this year, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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17 Mar 22
The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in almost four years, as the nation attempts to mitigate the risks of soaring inflation.
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7 Mar 22
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has raised interest rates by one percentage point, to help mitigate double-digit inflation.
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7 Mar 22
Support packages implemented to help offset soaring inflation could be a risk to public finances if maintained in the long-term, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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17 Feb 22
The Bank of Canada could implement a series of interest rate rises to mitigate soaring inflation, according to its deputy governor.
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15 Feb 22
Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded Turkey’s credit rating to ‘B+’, after the nation’s central bank policy of cutting lending rates saw inflation leap.
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7 Feb 22
The governor of the Dutch state bank has stated that the European Central Bank could begin raising interest rates as early as this year, to help combat soaring inflation.
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4 Feb 22
The Hungarian government must implement plans to balance its budget to help reduce the impacts of elevated inflation, according to the governor of its central bank.
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4 Feb 22
Nations and financial institutions need to reach a consensus on greater levels of transparency in lending, to give emerging economies greater access to debt, according to an influential think tank.
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3 Feb 22
The European Central Bank has voted to hold interest at historic lows this month, despite inflation reaching record highs.
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24 Jan 22
The world’s debt crisis has been tipped to worsen as a result of the interest rate hikes projected for 2022.
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21 Jan 22
The European Central Bank could delay interest rates rises until 2024, despite inflationary pressures caused by supply chain constraints, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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10 Jan 22
Policymakers in emerging economies will need to let their currencies depreciate and raise interest rates in response to US Federal Reserve monetary policy tightening, International Monetary Fund...