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Currency rally shows sanctions over invasion of Ukraine are cutting the country from global trade
ECB president’s remarks send euro and yields up
Getting the balance between growth and inflation just right is fraught with difficulty
Euro climbs after Dutch central banker Klaas Knot becomes first governing council member to suggest half-point rise
Economists think first increase in more than decade is ‘done deal’
The Fed is hot for QT, but the Bank of England seems weirdly wary
Joachim Nagel says delaying action now would risk sharper rises in the future
Failure to rein in prices would be ‘very costly’ for economy, says MPC member Michael Saunders
Years of overblown asset prices and mispricing of risk may be giving way to more normal conditions
Shift in stance by policymakers follows calls for action to counter soaring inflation
Cost of borrowing increases quarter-point to 1%, the highest level since 2009, and sterling hits 2-year low
Borrowers including Italy face ‘double whammy’ of higher funding costs and slowing growth
Central bank tightening will pressure an already-slowing global economy
Central bank says it was blindsided by ‘exceptional’ energy prices while German inflation hits fresh 40-year high
Central bank reverses stance to counteract surging inflation and will also slow asset purchases
Dollar approaches highest point in two decades on bet Fed will outpace other central banks
Weaker demand and exposure to Ukraine mean the eurozone’s central bank will tighten policy at a slower pace
“It’s not that it’s fully priced in – it’s that it hasn’t started yet”.
The war against Ukraine has brought a new negative supply shock on top of the old one
Central banks adopt hawkish move to end large-scale asset purchases and raise interest rates
PBoC holds back on reducing key interest rate as it juggles capital outflows and weakening growth
No fixed date for rate rises drives euro to two-year low as policymakers grapple with inflation and growth risks
Ultra-low monetary policy contrasts with tightening signals from US Fed
Otmar Issing sees a risk of stagflation if central bank policymakers continue to misjudge factors driving up prices
Rate-setters keen on tightening warned the central bank that it risked ‘falling behind curve’ over soaring prices
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