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    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      News in-depthFederal Reserve
      ‘Close to thin ice’: looming credit crunch puts pressure on Fed

      Central bank’s rate-raising campaign thrown off course by worst bout of financial turmoil since 2008 crisis

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    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      US interest rates
      Fed presses ahead with quarter-point rate rise despite banking turmoil

      US central bank signals it may soon call time on its monetary tightening campaign

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Equities
      Treasury bonds rally after Fed’s latest rate rise

      US stocks close lower as bank shares hit by Yellen’s comments on deposits

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      EU economy
      ECB president warns of danger of ‘tit-for-tat’ inflation

      Christine Lagarde says dynamic between profits and wages risks continuing to drive up prices

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      InterviewGlobal inflation
      Bundesbank chief says rate-setters must be ‘more stubborn’ in inflation fight

      Joachim Nagel backs more rate rises as central banks on both sides of Atlantic wrestle with recent financial sector turmoil

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
      What the Fed should do Premium content

      Steady on, Jay

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Financial turmoil complicates central banks’ focus on inflation

      Some former monetary policymakers fear narrow focus on damping price pressures could exacerbate panic

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
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      Banking crisis complicates interest rate decisions

      Xi Jinping backs Vladimir Putin on Ukraine war but holds out on Russian gas pipeline

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      News in-depthFederal Reserve
      ‘Firefighter and policeman’: Fed faces rate rise dilemma

      US central bank’s next move complicated by uncertainty over efforts to shore up sector

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      European banks
      Bank turmoil risks swaying ECB’s next rate decision, says Lagarde

      President acknowledges jitters may limit rate-setters’ capacity to raise borrowing costs

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Markets InsightMohamed El-Erian
      Banking turmoil intensifies the need for better Fed policymaking

      A firmer anchor is required to deal with the policy trilemma over the US economy

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      UK interest rates
      Markets price in even chance of further BoE rate increase

      Policymakers will weigh latest inflation data and extent of problems in global banking sector

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      Central banks announce dollar liquidity measures to ease banking crisis

      Turmoil prompts authorities to launch daily operations to access dollar funding via standing swap lines

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
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      How will the recent bank drama affect Federal Reserve policy?

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

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
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      Economists think Fed will keep raising rates despite bank turmoil

      Survey comes as traders scale back expectations of tightening amid worries about financial instability

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      A week of banking turmoil

      Markets are buckling under high rates, complicating the response to inflation

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      OECD calls on central banks to keep raising rates

      Chief economist of Paris-based organisation says now ‘is not 2008’ and warns inflation remains too high

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
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      Benchmark increases from 2.5% to 3% ahead of crunch UK and US central bank meetings next week

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      Swiss lender’s near-collapse shows that central bank policy is hurting the financial system

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
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      If we think all deposits must be safe, what is the point of banks?

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      News in-depthBank of England
      A bumpy ride: the Bank of England governor’s first three years

      Andrew Bailey earns plaudits for crisis management but is sharply criticised over inflation and communication

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Central bank intervention
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      “Whatever i̶t̶ ̶t̶a̶k̶e̶s̶” - SNB

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