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    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Central banks
      Financial turmoil complicates central banks’ focus on inflation

      Some former monetary policymakers fear narrow focus on damping price pressures could exacerbate panic

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Regulators say Credit Suisse is fine so please chill

      “Whatever i̶t̶ ̶t̶a̶k̶e̶s̶” - SNB

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      US inflation
      US consumer prices rise 6% at tricky time for Fed amid SVB fallout

      Data comes as central bank contends with broader concerns about how rising interest rates have affected lenders

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      ExplainerUS banks
      How Fed’s rescue package for US banks differs from 2008 bailouts

      Regulators have moved to bail out depositors of SVB and Signature Bank without the help of taxpayers

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      A blueprint for central bank intervention

      Or how to buy bonds while still tightening policy

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Agustín Carstens
      Central banks are not here to make profits

      Making a loss is sometimes the price to pay for keeping economies stable in extraordinary times

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      Raghuram Rajan
      Central banks can’t win when it comes to credibility on inflation

      Institutions are scrambling to rebuild their toolkits to deal with the new regime

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      News in-depthRenminbi
      China’s new renminbi tactics leave traders guessing

      People’s Bank of China uses ‘invisible reserves’ to manage currency fluctuations

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Bank of Japan
      Global bond markets take hit after BoJ’s shock policy move

      Change by Japan’s central bank to controversial yield curve control triggers sell-off in sovereign debt

    • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
      Bank of Japan
      Bank of Japan stuns markets with yield control policy change

      ‘Major surprise’ sends yen roaring higher and pushes Tokyo stocks lower

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      News in-depthCentral banks
      Australia and New Zealand chart divergent courses on interest rates

      Wellington’s ultra-hawkish crusade against inflation clashes with Canberra’s hope for a soft landing

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      News in-depthMarkets volatility
      Financial instability: the hunt for the next market fracture

      Investors are keeping a close eye on areas ranging from US Treasury market illiquidity to Japanese government debt

    • Monday, 31 October, 2022
      Yen
      Japan spent $43bn in October to defend the yen

      Government intervened after currency tumbled to 32-year low against the dollar

    • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
      Currencies
      Japan’s yield curve control is “broken”

      RIP YCC?

    • Monday, 24 October, 2022
      Yen
      Yen swings as traders speculate about third intervention

      Japanese authorities spent an estimated $30bn last week to prop up the currency

    • Sunday, 23 October, 2022
      Currencies
      Japan made intervention of at least $30bn to prop up yen

      Officials have suggested the government has ‘limitless’ funds to defend the country’s currency

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
      Yen
      Yen slips past ¥150 against the dollar to lowest level since 1990

      Depreciation of Japan’s currency has investors on alert for further government intervention

    • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
      Yen
      Yen falls into intervention zone with new 24-year low

      Japan’s currency moves past ¥145.90 per dollar level that prompted action last month

    • Monday, 10 October, 2022
      Bank of England
      UK gilts sell off as BoE fails to soothe market

      Thirty-year borrowing costs shoot higher as government and central bank both seek to reassure investors

    • Monday, 10 October, 2022
      Bank of England
      BoE governor faces week of tough questions in Washington

      Andrew Bailey needs to show that market dysfunction is over and that bank has a grip on inflation

    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      Bank of England
      BoE says £65bn gilt intervention staved off UK financial ‘spiral’

      Central bank worried pension funds would dump £50bn in government bonds into a chaotic market

    • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
      News in-depthIndian business & finance
      India’s foreign reserves dwindle but currency defence still strong

      Rupee has fallen less than other regional currencies and RBI can fund further intervention

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Yen
      Japan spent almost $20bn in effort to defend tumbling yen

      Currency has fallen back towards 24-year lows despite country’s intervention

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      Renminbi
      Renminbi falls to lowest level since 2008 as dollar strengthens

      People’s Bank of China stops short of deploying significant foreign exchange reserves

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
      Yen
      Japan intervenes to prop up yen for first time since 1998

      Move follows pledge by BoJ to continue with ultra-loose policy despite rate rises elsewhere

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