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Monetary policy

  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Eurozone interest rates
    ‘Highly restrictive’ rates risk hurting Eurozone economy, says Greek central bank chief

    Yannis Stournaras backs two more ECB quarter-point rate cuts this year

    Yannis Stournaras stands at a podium during a news conference in Athens.
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    InterviewJohn C. Williams
    Top Fed official says US economy ‘well positioned’ for soft landing

    New York Fed president John Williams signals support for quarter-point interest rate cuts

    John Williams speaks at an event in Washington
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Global inflation
    Central banks must stay on inflation alert in era of volatility, says BIS

    Conflicts, climate change and trade disputes may require ‘forceful’ rate rises in future, says Basel-based body

    Aerial view of waves crashing against a seawall protecting homes near Ventura, California
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Eurozone inflation
    Eurozone inflation dips below target to 1.8% in September

    Decline bolsters expectations that ECB will cut interest rates again this month

    The skyline of Frankfurt at sunset, with the European Central Bank building
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Pace of rate cuts is uncertain Premium content

    Central banks are in cutting mode — but how fast they will lower interest rates remains unclear

    Montage with photos of Jay Powell, Christine Lagarde and Andrew Bailey
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Markets InsightMohamed El-Erian
    The Fed’s insurance policy

    Big interest rate cut is yet another evolution in paradigm of liquidity dominance

    A screen on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange displays a news conference with Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell on September 18
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    How to measure liquidity Premium content

    It’s hard

  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    Eurozone economy
    ECB to cut interest rate in October, economists predict

    Weak growth likely to lead central bank to lower rates by 0.25% next month rather than in December

    The ECB building in Frankfurt
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    Did central banks get the inflation crisis right?

    Policymakers are lowering rates and signalling new confidence that a ‘soft landing’ is possible. But few are ready to declare victory

    The US Federal Reserve, Bank of England and European Central Bank, along with a line graph representing inflation
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Global Economy
    World economy faces pressures similar to 1920s, warns Lagarde

    ECB president highlights parallels between two eras but says modern central bankers have tools to manage structural change

    ECB president Christine Lagarde addresses a press conference in Frankfurt in July
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    UK interest rates
    Traders step up bets on BoE interest rate cut

    Markets price in 35% chance of central bank move this week as expectations of large US rate cut have grown

    The facade of the Bank of England in the City of London, with the UK flag flying atop the building under a clear sky
  • Sunday, 15 September, 2024
    Bank of Canada
    Bank of Canada governor raises prospect of big rate cuts

    Tiff Macklem signals central bank will step up pace of reductions should economic conditions worsen

    Tiff Macklem speaks at an event in London
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Markets InsightMohamed El-Erian
    The big question is what comes next after the Fed’s rate cut

    Bond investors could easily be caught off guard if liquidity conditions fail to loosen significantly

    The seal of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is displayed on a window at the Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC.
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    European Central Bank
    ECB cuts interest rates to 3.5%

    Christine Lagarde says policymakers decided ‘unanimously’ on this year’s second quarter-point reduction

    The ECB building in Frankfurt
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Markets InsightIgnazio Angeloni
    The ECB has no room to cut rates

    The central bank needs to maintain a moderately restrictive stance on monetary policy to make further progress on inflation

    A euro currency sign
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Bank of Canada
    Bank of Canada signals further cuts as interest rates fall to 4.25%

    Latest reduction comes amid weak growth and pressures on housing affordability

    The Bank of Canada in Ottawa
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    Martin Wolf
    Lessons from the great inflation

    Large shocks are likely to recur in the future, bringing significant challenges for policymakers

    James Ferguson illustration of a red inflation arrow in the sights of a rifle.
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Eurozone inflation
    Eurozone inflation falls to 2.2% in August

    Markets expect further ECB rate cuts following dip in price pressures

    Two swans swim on the river Main near the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, with the city skyline and a bridge visible in the background during a colourful late evening.
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    People's Bank of China
    Chinese central bank’s $56bn debt purchase sparks talk of bond market intervention

    Traders speculate the People’s Bank of China will step in to manage sovereign debt yields

    Paramilitary police officers stand guard under a green canopy in front of the headquarters of the People's Bank of China in Beijing. The building features a modern design with large glass windows and the bank’s Chinese name above the entrance. A Chinese flag flies on a pole in front of the building.
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Free Lunch
    A self-congratulatory inflation narrative at Jackson Hole Premium content

    ‘Humility and a questioning spirit’, as called for by Fed chair, would be a very good idea

    Jay Powell, left, Tiff Macklem, centre, and Andrew Bailey chat outside at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, with a scenic view of a meadow and mountains in the background at Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park near Moran, Wyoming.
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Chris Giles
    Forget the Budget — there’s a more important economic date coming up

    An MPC meeting next month looks set to shape interest rates, normalise risk taking and kill a silly fiscal rule

    The Bank of England
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Lessons in monetary transmission Premium content

    At Jackson Hole, central bankers offered different views about the tools of their trade

    Grand Teton National Park, where central bankers gathered this week for the annual Jackson Hole symposium
  • Sunday, 25 August, 2024
    News in-depthCentral banks
    Jackson Hole bankers pivot to rate cuts as soft landing comes into view

    Rate-setters leave Wyoming symposium cautiously optimistic, but aware of the risks

    The Teton mountain range seen through a window
  • Sunday, 25 August, 2024
    Raghuram Rajan
    Central banks should raise the bar for intervention

    Economic stabilisation may, paradoxically, raise the chances of financial market instability

    Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, from left, Tiff Macklem, governor of the Bank of Canada, and Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England
  • Saturday, 24 August, 2024
    Eurozone economy
    ECB chief economist cautions inflation target is ‘not yet secure’

    Philip Lane wary of amount of relief central bank will be able to provide borrowers

    Portuguese Central Bank Governor Mário Centeno speaks with European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane at the Kansas City Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
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