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  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Russian economy
    Russia slashes rates in effort to cool rouble’s rapid ascent

    Currency rally shows sanctions over invasion of Ukraine are cutting the country from global trade

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    European Central Bank
    Eurozone to end negative interest rates within months, Lagarde indicates

    ECB president’s remarks send euro and yields up

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    News in-depth
    Central banks seek interest rate sweet spot in inflation fight

    Getting the balance between growth and inflation just right is fraught with difficulty

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    European Central Bank
    ECB hawk raises prospect of steeper rate increase in July

    Euro climbs after Dutch central banker Klaas Knot becomes first governing council member to suggest half-point rise

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    EU economy
    Christine Lagarde sends clear signal that ECB will raise rates in July

    Economists think first increase in more than decade is ‘done deal’

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    FT AlphavilleNick Peterson
    Quantitative troubles

    The Fed is hot for QT, but the Bank of England seems weirdly wary

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Bundesbank boss calls for July rate rise to tackle ‘disturbing’ inflation

    Joachim Nagel says delaying action now would risk sharper rises in the future

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    UK inflation
    BoE rate setter warns UK inflation ‘uncomfortably high’

    Failure to rein in prices would be ‘very costly’ for economy, says MPC member Michael Saunders

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    The Long ViewJohn Plender
    Sanity appears to be returning to central bank policymaking

    Years of overblown asset prices and mispricing of risk may be giving way to more normal conditions

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Eurozone inflation
    ECB doves put to flight as interest rates set to rise in July

    Shift in stance by policymakers follows calls for action to counter soaring inflation

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    UK business & economy
    Bank of England warns of recession this year as it lifts interest rate

    Cost of borrowing increases quarter-point to 1%, the highest level since 2009, and sterling hits 2-year low

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Sovereign bonds
    ECB policy tightening sends eurozone borrowing costs soaring

    Borrowers including Italy face ‘double whammy’ of higher funding costs and slowing growth

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Markets InsightMohamed El-Erian
    Investors face volatility as demand stalls amid supply disruptions

    Central bank tightening will pressure an already-slowing global economy

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Eurozone inflation
    ECB issues mea culpa for poor inflation forecasts

    Central bank says it was blindsided by ‘exceptional’ energy prices while German inflation hits fresh 40-year high

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Sveriges Riksbank
    Sweden’s Riksbank raises rates in policy U-turn

    Central bank reverses stance to counteract surging inflation and will also slow asset purchases

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Currencies
    Soaring dollar pushes euro to five-year low

    Dollar approaches highest point in two decades on bet Fed will outpace other central banks

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    News in-depth
    ECB opens door to July rate rise while stressing contrast with US

    Weaker demand and exposure to Ukraine mean the eurozone’s central bank will tighten policy at a slower pace

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Citi’s doomy view of rising interest rates

    “It’s not that it’s fully priced in – it’s that it hasn’t started yet”.

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    Martin Sandbu
    Central bankers should think twice before pressing the brake even harder

    The war against Ukraine has brought a new negative supply shock on top of the old one

  • Saturday, 16 April, 2022
    Global Economy
    Inflation surge slashes $11tn from world’s negative-yielding debt

    Central banks adopt hawkish move to end large-scale asset purchases and raise interest rates

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    Chinese economy
    China cuts banks’ reserve rules in effort to combat economic impact of Covid

    PBoC holds back on reducing key interest rate as it juggles capital outflows and weakening growth

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    European Central Bank
    ECB says Ukraine war is pushing up prices but sticks to gradual response

    No fixed date for rate rises drives euro to two-year low as policymakers grapple with inflation and growth risks

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    Yen
    Yen falls to 20-year low as BoJ holds fast to stimulus pledge

    Ultra-low monetary policy contrasts with tightening signals from US Fed

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    InterviewEurozone economy
    ‘Living in a fantasy’: euro’s founding father rebukes ECB over inflation response

    Otmar Issing sees a risk of stagflation if central bank policymakers continue to misjudge factors driving up prices

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    Eurozone economy
    ECB inflation split deepens after hawks call for rate rises this summer

    Rate-setters keen on tightening warned the central bank that it risked ‘falling behind curve’ over soaring prices

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