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    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Deutsche Bundesbank
      Bundesbank faces job cuts as consultants plot ‘modernisation’

      Germany’s central bankers up in arms over Boston Consulting Group’s recommended efficiency drive

      The headquarters of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The wage growth puzzle for central banks

      UK labour market appears an outlier compared with the US and the EU

      A woman holds a sign that reads ‘United for a strong contract’ during a rally to support striking workers outside a car assembly plant in Louisville, Kentucky
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      Global Economy
      A ‘milestone’ moment: why economists think the global cycle of rate rises is over

      The world economy is showing signs of a slowdown, fuelling investors’ hopes that inflationary pressures are easing

      The ECB’s Christine Lagarde, Jay Powell of the Fed and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Yen tumbles after Bank of Japan maintains ultra-low interest rates

      August data shows consumer price growth exceeded 2% target for 17th straight month

      Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Mohamed El-Erian
      The plight of the ‘permacrisis’ and what to do about it

      The complexity of central banks’ ‘last mile’ on inflation is part of a bigger economic challenge

      Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), from left, Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), and Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, at the Jackson Hole economic symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      UK interest rates
      How long will the Bank of England keep interest rates high?

      Markets are betting on looser monetary policy late next year, but some economists say it could happen sooner

      BoE building with rates graphic
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Eurozone inflation
      Bundesbank warns eurozone must avoid entrenched inflation ‘at all costs’

      Joachim Nagel’s hawkish comments contrast with investor expectations of an end to rate rises 

      Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Turkish economy
      Turkey raises interest rates for fourth time since June

      Central bank lifts borrowing costs to 30% as part of efforts to tackle high inflation

      Central bank chief Hafize Gaye Erkan
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      US interest rates
      Fed signals fresh rate rise this year and fewer cuts in 2024

      Two-year Treasury yield hits highest level since 2006 after hawkish projections from US central bank

      The Federal Reserve building in Washington
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Global economic growth
      Central banks must keep rates high until inflation is tamed, says OECD

      Organisation sees no case for monetary easing in rich nations despite economic strains and trading tensions

      Clare Lombardelli
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      US interest rates
      Fed set to hold rates but leave tightening in play

      Expected policy pause would come amid mixed signals on economy

      Jay Powell speaking during a news conference in July
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      UK interest rates
      BoE expected to raise interest rates to 5.5%

      Markets and economists anticipate the 15th increase in this cycle by the central bank to be the last

      People sitting outside the Bank of England in London, England
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      US interest rates
      Has the Federal Reserve finished raising rates?

      Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Bank of England
      Public confidence in Bank of England’s inflation strategy hits record low

      Central bank receives worst rating since 1999 ahead of vote on new interest rate rise

      The Bank of England
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Eurozone interest rates
      ECB hawks warn of December rate rise if inflation and wages stay hot

      Uncertainty over how quickly price pressures will subside despite hopes eurozone has seen last tightening

      Political poster demanding ‘Make Inflation Small Again’ outside ECB headquarters in Frankfurt
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Soumaya Keynes
      Will higher interest rates leave economic scars?

      Two new studies argue that even if they depress inflation, they could hurt innovation and growth

      Illustration of a graph with its red lines wrapping round a man in a suit, who appears to be leaping away from it towards some light
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Eurozone interest rates
      ECB raises rates to all-time high

      Quarter-point increase comes despite faltering growth in the eurozone

      The ECB building in Frankfurt
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      European Central Bank
      Meloni sticks by Italian bank windfall tax despite ECB criticism

      Levy poses risk to eurozone financial stability by reducing Italian lenders’ retained earnings, says central bank

      Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Markets InsightKrishna Guha
      Central banks debate: can ‘high for longer’ substitute for rate rises?

      A smoother rate path is preferable to a sharp up and down, allowing more time to assess data

    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The ECB’s rate rise dilemma

      With weakening growth and high inflation, Lagarde faces a difficult balancing act

      Christine Lagarde wearing a red dress stands at a podium in front of an EU flag
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      UK interest rates
      UK interest rates should rise further, says BoE official

      Catherine Mann warns leaving cost of borrowing unchanged risks ‘further inflation persistence’

      Catherine Mann
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      The unbearable tightness of BoE’ing

      Threadneedle Street’s balance-sheet squeeze may be on borrowed time

    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      News in-depthEurozone interest rates
      ECB grapples with knife-edge decision on interest rates

      Hawks face tough battle to convince other rate-setters to raise eurozone borrowing costs one more time

      The European Central Bank building
    • Saturday, 9 September, 2023
      National Bank of Poland
      Polish zloty’s fall highlights tricky balancing act of central banks

      Sell-off may serve as a warning to those considering interest rate cuts while inflation remains high

      Central bank governor Adam Glapiński speaking during a press conference in November
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Euro
      Euro suffers eight-week losing streak as economy falters

      Steady decline against dollar reflects growing gulf with more robust US performance

      US dollar and euro currency bills
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