Tag: monetary policy
3 months ago
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Central Banks Near Rate Peak, but Economic Toll Yet to Be Counted

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the central bank will leave its benchmark interest rate uncha...

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3 months ago
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Pound Drops as Bank of England Pauses Rate Hikes

Pound weakened against the dollar after the Bank of England kept interest rates steady.

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3 months ago
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European Central Bank Raises Key Interest Rate to Record High

Central bank signals it might have lifted rates high enough to return inflation to target

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4 months ago
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Bank of England Raises Key Interest Rate by Quarter Percentage Point

Core inflation is rising in the U.K. while falling in other big economies like the U.S. WSJ's Anna Hirtenstein explai...

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4 months ago
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Is a Stronger Yen Lurking Around the Corner?

The Bank of Japan’s surprising tweak to its monetary policy injects more uncertainty into the yen’s trajectory

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4 months ago
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Bernanke Tapped to Find Out Why U.K. Central Bank Misjudged Inflation

Core inflation is rising in the U.K. while falling in other big economies like the U.S. WSJ's Anna Hirtenstein explai...

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5 months ago
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European Central Bank Raises Key Interest Rate by Quarter Percentage Point

Central bank presses ahead with campaign against inflation despite recession fears

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5 months ago
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Stocks Creep Higher After Interest-Rate Increase

FOMC raises rates by a quarter-percentage point; Dow seeks 13th straight rise

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5 months ago
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Bank of Japan Needs More Confidence Inflation Will Stay High to Change Policy, Ueda Says

The BOJ is starting to see changes in inflation expectations and in the price-setting behavior of businesses, the cen...

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5 months ago
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Powell, Other Central Bankers Face Uncertain Inflation Outlook

Jerome Powell, as the chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, appears to hold the country’s economic health in his hands. ...

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6 months ago
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ECB Likely to Hike Rates in July, Says Lagarde

Central bank president warned that recent economic shocks were still working their way through Europe’s economy

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6 months ago
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British Pound Swings After Bank of England Raises Rates

The British pound oscillated after the Bank of England lifted interest rates by a half percentage point to 5% in an e...

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6 months ago
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Bank of England Outpaces Peers With Rate Rise of Half Percentage Point

Bank of England Gov. Andrew Bailey discusses how the government can successfully fight imported and domestic inflatio...

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6 months ago
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U.K. Bond Yields Gain as Inflation Data Reinforces Rate-Rise Expectations

U.K. gilt yields rise as stronger-than-forecast U.K. inflation data increases the prospect that the Bank of England w...

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6 months ago
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Why Inflation Around the World Just Won’t Go Away

How have China, Mexico and Greece handled inflation, and where does the U.S. fit in? WSJ’s Dion Rabouin explains.

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6 months ago
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European Central Bank Raises Key Interest Rate by Quarter Percentage Point

The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, pressing ahead with its campaig...

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6 months ago
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U.S. Stocks Mixed Ahead of Interest-Rate Decision

FOMC expected to hold rates steady; Dow opens lower

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6 months ago
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China’s Recovery Is in Real Peril Now

China’s central bank cut its key short-term rate on Tuesday. On top of weak lending data for May, that should be ring...

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6 months ago
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Nasdaq Opens Higher With Fed Move Eyed

U.S. stocks inched higher after the opening bell, with gains in technology shares helping offset losses among real es...

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6 months ago
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Cooling Eurozone Inflation Opens Path for ECB Rate Pause

A pause after an expected rate rise in June would give the central bank time to study the impact of its recent tighte...

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7 months ago
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Europe’s Economy Cools Down as Interest-Rate Rises Bite

Tighter monetary policies are slowing price rises, but inflation remains stubbornly high where demand is stronger

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7 months ago
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A Rally in the British Pound May Be Winding Down

If persistent inflation prompts further aggressive interest-rate rises, the U.K. economy could be in for a hard landing

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7 months ago
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Bank of England Raises Interest Rates by Quarter Point

U.K. central bank expects economy to grow next year, having previously forecast contraction

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7 months ago
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European Central Bank Slows Pace of Rate Increases

ECB raises rates by quarter point, a day after Fed nudged rates higher

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8 months ago
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Uganda Central Bank Holds Key Lending Rate at 10% as Inflation Slows

Decision comes amid slowing inflation in one of Africa’s top coffee exporters

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9 months ago
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Swiss Central Bank Lifts Key Rate, Declares End to Bank Crisis

Move follows decisions by the Fed and the ECB to press ahead with rate rises despite bank strains

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9 months ago
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Central Banks Should Press Ahead With Rate Rises Despite Bank Pains, Says OECD

The research group doesn’t expect a repeat of the 2008 banking crisis despite financial strains and sees high inflati...

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9 months ago
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U.S. Bank Collapses Add to Pressure on Global Central Banks

Policy makers who had been raising rates must now factor in risk of financial instability

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9 months ago
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Eurozone Inflation Eases, but Core Measure Hits Record High

Services prices drove a big pickup in core inflation, which could lead the European Central Bank to raise rates for l...

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12 months ago
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The Bank of Japan Shocked Markets, but Not These Investors

Betting against the Bank of Japan has finally begun to pay off.

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12 months ago
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The Bank of Japan Steals Christmas

The central bank’s decision to raise its effective cap on 10-year government bond yields adds an extra dollop of unce...

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12 months ago
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Reserve Bank of Australia Says Larger Rate Rises Still an Option

The Reserve Bank of Australia could return to larger interest-rate increases in 2023 if inflation continues to stubbo...

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about 1 year ago
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A Central Bank That Raised Rates Early Now Talks Up Recession

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is encouraging households to cut spending in a bid to quash expectations for more inf...

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about 1 year ago
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Eurozone Inflation Eased in November, but Further Rate Rises Likely

Consumer prices in November were 10% higher than a year earlier but down from the 10.6% annual rate of inflation reco...

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about 1 year ago
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ECB Must Narrow Interest-Rate Gap With Fed, OECD Says

While there have been some recent signs that these rates are at or close to their peaks, the Paris-based research gro...

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about 1 year ago
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Europe Doubles Down on Big Government

Faced with soaring inflation and an energy crisis, European politicians are adding thousands of public-sector jobs, g...

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about 1 year ago
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Bank of England Raises Key Interest Rate by 0.75 Point

The hike is the largest since 1989, as the bank fights a surge in inflation from rising energy prices even as the U.K...

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about 1 year ago
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ECB Raises Rates by 0.75 Point to Highest in More Than a Decade

The European Central Bank increased interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point for the second time in a r...

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about 1 year ago
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For Japan’s Yen, 150 Is No Magic Number

Japan’s unique position among developed countries—with low inflation and a robust export sector—means it can tolerate...

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