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17 Mar 23
A “slightly more optimistic” global economic outlook should not be enough to keep central banks from raising interest rates, despite the harm it does both to households and developing countries, the...
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7 Feb 23
The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted its main lending rates for the ninth successive time in a bid to bring inflation under control.
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2 Feb 23
Major central banks have continued to hike interest rates in a bid to tame inflation, which remains at multi-decade highs.
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17 Jan 23
Concerns over an extended period of high inflation will lead to the European Central Bank raising interest rates higher than expected, ratings agency Fitch has said.
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25 Oct 22
European policymakers face tough decisions between supporting households and reducing inflation as weakened growth and price rises create a “toxic mix”, economists at the International Monetary Fund...
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16 Sep 22
Central banks raising interest rates to slow inflation risk “devastating” the lives of people in poorer countries if their actions push those countries into recessions, World Bank president David...
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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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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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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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28 Feb 22
The Bank of Japan wants to “deepen its analysis” of the country’s below-target inflation, which is persisting despite prices rising rapidly elsewhere in the world.
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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...
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5 Jan 22
France’s central bank chief has predicted inflation will decrease during 2022 and European central banks will be able to unwind monetary policy support they set up amid Covid-19.
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4 Nov 21
The US Federal Reserve has decided to wind down its $120bn-a-month bond-buying programme in the hope of tempering rising inflation.
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2 Nov 21
The Reserve Bank of Australia has abandoned the yield target policy it introduced at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, recognising that a rate rise could come sooner than previously expected.
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29 Oct 21
Fears inflation will linger have led to some central banks tightening monetary policy faster than expected, potentially fuelling worries the US Federal Reserve is “behind the curve”, analysts have...
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19 Oct 21
How easily can central banks wind-down asset purchases?
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27 Sep 21
Turkey’s central bank has cut its benchmark policy rate despite inflation being so high that borrowing costs were already negative in real terms, a move that one economist said points to undue...
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23 Aug 21
The first Covid-19 outbreak in months and rising case numbers are not enough to warrant changing the course of monetary policy, senior figures in New Zealand’s central bank have said.
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23 Jul 21
The European Central Bank will not risk harming the economic recovery from Covid-19 by withdrawing its emergency monetary support early, its president has said.
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4 Jun 21
The US Federal Reserve is preparing to sell off corporate assets purchased last year, to help keep companies solvent through the Covid-19 pandemic.
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29 Apr 21
The Federal Reserve is a “long way” from withdrawing its support for the US economy despite improving growth prospects, the central bank chairman has said.
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22 Apr 21
Canada’s central bank has cut its bond purchases this year, citing progress in the country’s economic recovery from Covid-19.
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23 Mar 21
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has unexpectedly fired the governor of Turkey’s central bank just three months into his term.
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5 Jun 17
The World Bank has sounded the alarm over large deficits and rising debt in emerging and developing markets in its latest report on global economic prospects.
17 Mar 23A “slightly more optimistic” global economic outlook should not be enough to keep central banks from raising interest rates, despite the harm it does both to households and developing countries, the...
7 Feb 23The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted its main lending rates for the ninth successive time in a bid to bring inflation under control.
2 Feb 23Major central banks have continued to hike interest rates in a bid to tame inflation, which remains at multi-decade highs.
17 Jan 23Concerns over an extended period of high inflation will lead to the European Central Bank raising interest rates higher than expected, ratings agency Fitch has said.
25 Oct 22European policymakers face tough decisions between supporting households and reducing inflation as weakened growth and price rises create a “toxic mix”, economists at the International Monetary Fund...
16 Sep 22Central banks raising interest rates to slow inflation risk “devastating” the lives of people in poorer countries if their actions push those countries into recessions, World Bank president David...
7 Apr 22The Polish central bank caught the market off-guard by raising interest rates by one percentage point to help stem rampant inflation.
28 Feb 22The Bank of Japan wants to “deepen its analysis” of the country’s below-target inflation, which is persisting despite prices rising rapidly elsewhere in the world.
10 Jan 22Policymakers 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...
5 Jan 22France’s central bank chief has predicted inflation will decrease during 2022 and European central banks will be able to unwind monetary policy support they set up amid Covid-19.
19 Oct 21How easily can central banks wind-down asset purchases?
27 Sep 21Turkey’s central bank has cut its benchmark policy rate despite inflation being so high that borrowing costs were already negative in real terms, a move that one economist said points to undue...
23 Aug 21The first Covid-19 outbreak in months and rising case numbers are not enough to warrant changing the course of monetary policy, senior figures in New Zealand’s central bank have said.
23 Jul 21The European Central Bank will not risk harming the economic recovery from Covid-19 by withdrawing its emergency monetary support early, its president has said.
22 Apr 21Canada’s central bank has cut its bond purchases this year, citing progress in the country’s economic recovery from Covid-19.
5 Jun 17The World Bank has sounded the alarm over large deficits and rising debt in emerging and developing markets in its latest report on global economic prospects.
