Fed officials still foresee rate cut this year, despite war impacts, minutes show
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting at…
India’s central bank holds benchmark policy rates as Iran war raises inflation risks
Signage for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Mumbai, India, on Friday, April 5, 2024. Dhiraj Singh…
European bond yields at 15-year highs amid inflation, rate hike fears
Crowds of pedestrians and shoppers walk along Weinstrasse toward Marienplatz in Munich, Germany, on March 14, 2026. Michael…
Japan wanted inflation and Iran war could grant that wish. But it’s not the type Tokyo desires
TOKYO, JAPAN – FEBRUARY 05: Tourists and shoppers walk through the Tsukiji shopping area on February 5, 2026…
Iran war heightens affordability issues ahead of March Fed meeting
Amid a war in Iran, inflation pressures, a weakening job market and an uncertain outlook for tariff policy, Federal…
ECB makes euro backstop global to bolster currency’s role
The euro steadied near its lowest in a month on Wednesday, nursing steep losses this week as investors…
The UK’s Leverage Ratio Is Working. Don’t Weaken It
In the December Financial Stability Report, the Bank of England signalled that it is looking again at how…
The UK Monetary Policy Roundtable
On 25 November 2025, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), in collaboration with BNP Paribas…
India consumer inflation rises to 0.71% in November
Shoppers purchase groceries at the upscale LuLu Hypermarket located in the Lulu International Shopping Mall in Kerala, India,…
South Korea signals end to rate cuts as FX, price risks grow
South Korea’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged for a fourth straight meeting on Thursday as a tumbling…
Japan’s declining real wages upend Prime Minister Takaichi’s ‘Abenomics’
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers questions from Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party…
Fed has a rate cut plus a bunch of other things on its plate this week
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Fall…