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    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Global Economy
      Investors slash expectations of global rate rises after banking turmoil

      Markets now bet US, Canada and Brazil will cut borrowing costs before the autumn

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
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      Crippling dollar shortage underscores vulnerability of Iraq’s oil-based economy

      Attempts to control a monetary crisis have had unintended consequences for a country struggling to get back on its feet

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      International Monetary Fund
      IMF chief warns of increased risks to financial stability

      Kristalina Georgieva says uncertainties in the world economy remain ‘exceptionally high’

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      LexBanks
      Bank failures: lessons of past crises echo today Premium content

      While intervening in bank runs limits the damage, it dilutes the incentive to guard against financial risks

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      No more ‘dangerous’ money printing to fund war, vows Ukraine central bank chief

      Andriy Pyshnyy says move had ‘created huge risks for macro-financial stability’

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Federal Reserve
      Fed officials double down on rate rise decision citing high inflation

      Central bank pressed ahead with tightening campaign this week despite banking turmoil

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Yikes! What should I do with my mortgage?

      As interest rates rise, remortgaging borrowers weigh up fixed rates, trackers, plus switching and ditching

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Markets InsightClaire Jones
      Financial turmoil could end up doing rate-setters’ job for them

      Central banks may wish they’d been more careful what they’d wished for

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      UK interest rates
      February inflation surprise sealed Bank of England rate rise

      Central bank’s forecast for inflation is softer than in February

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      LexMonetary policy
      Federal Reserve/ECB: credit tightening has not yet done its worst Premium content

      Trend of using expensive high-yield bonds to refinance the disappearing supply of bank loans has begun

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Swiss National Bank
      Switzerland presses ahead with rate rise despite banking crisis

      Central bank efforts have ‘put a halt’ to country’s financial turmoil, says governor Thomas Jordan

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      US interest rates
      Investors bet Fed has finished raising interest rates

      Turmoil in banking sector aids central bank’s fight against inflation by tightening financial conditions

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      News in-depthFederal Reserve
      ‘Close to thin ice’: looming credit crunch puts pressure on Fed

      US central bank’s rate-raising campaign thrown off course by worst bout of financial turmoil since 2008 crisis

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      US interest rates
      Fed presses ahead with quarter-point rate rise despite banking turmoil

      US central bank signals it may soon call time on its monetary tightening campaign

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Equities
      Treasury bonds rally after Fed’s latest rate rise

      US stocks close lower as bank shares hit by Yellen’s comments on deposits

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      EU economy
      ECB president warns of danger of ‘tit-for-tat’ inflation

      Christine Lagarde says dynamic between profits and wages risks continuing to drive up prices

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      InterviewGlobal inflation
      Bundesbank chief says rate-setters must be ‘more stubborn’ in inflation fight

      Joachim Nagel backs more rate rises as central banks on both sides of Atlantic wrestle with recent financial sector turmoil

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
      What the Fed should do Premium content

      Steady on, Jay

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

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

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
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      Banking crisis complicates interest rate decisions

      Xi Jinping backs Vladimir Putin on Ukraine war but holds out on Russian gas pipeline

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      News in-depthFederal Reserve
      ‘Firefighter and policeman’: Fed faces rate rise dilemma

      US central bank’s next move complicated by uncertainty over efforts to shore up sector

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      European banks
      Bank turmoil risks swaying ECB’s next rate decision, says Lagarde

      President acknowledges jitters may limit rate-setters’ capacity to raise borrowing costs

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Markets InsightMohamed El-Erian
      Banking turmoil intensifies the need for better Fed policymaking

      A firmer anchor is required to deal with the policy trilemma over the US economy

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      UK interest rates
      Markets price in even chance of further BoE rate increase

      Policymakers will weigh latest inflation data and extent of problems in global banking sector

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      Central banks announce dollar liquidity measures to ease banking crisis

      Turmoil prompts authorities to launch daily operations to access dollar funding via standing swap lines

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