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5 Feb 24
Falling inflation could give central banks scope to cut interest rates this year, the OECD has said.
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26 Jan 24
Rising inflation has prompted the Turkish central bank to raise interest rates to 45% as the country continues to reverse its controversial loose monetary policy approach.
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6 Dec 23
OECD inflation drops to two-year low.
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2 Nov 23
A potential peak but markets warned “long way to go”.
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19 Sep 23
High interest rates are necessary in advanced economies until inflation is under control, the OECD has said.
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5 Sep 23
Nations must be prepared to adopt policies to safeguard financial markets as high interest rates and slow growth could lead to rising arrears, the global fiscal watchdog has warned.
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4 Jul 23
Headline inflation across the OECD has continued to fall, hitting the lowest level since before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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29 Jun 23
Governors of major central banks have said there is more “ground to cover” on interest rates, despite concerns over economic slowdowns.
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26 Jun 23
Governments should raise taxes or cut spending in a bid to reduce the burden on monetary policy in the fight against inflation, a central bank body has argued.
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23 Jun 23
Turkey has nearly doubled its interest rates, reversing its longstanding controversial approach of loosening monetary policy to deal with extraordinarily high inflation.
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12 Jun 23
The Nigerian government has suspended the governor of its central bank amid an ongoing investigation.
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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.
5 Feb 24Falling inflation could give central banks scope to cut interest rates this year, the OECD has said.
26 Jan 24Rising inflation has prompted the Turkish central bank to raise interest rates to 45% as the country continues to reverse its controversial loose monetary policy approach.
6 Dec 23OECD inflation drops to two-year low.
2 Nov 23A potential peak but markets warned “long way to go”.
5 Sep 23Nations must be prepared to adopt policies to safeguard financial markets as high interest rates and slow growth could lead to rising arrears, the global fiscal watchdog has warned.
26 Jun 23Governments should raise taxes or cut spending in a bid to reduce the burden on monetary policy in the fight against inflation, a central bank body has argued.
12 Jun 23The Nigerian government has suspended the governor of its central bank amid an ongoing investigation.
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.
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.
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.
