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  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Markets InsightLorenzo Bini Smaghi
    How the ECB can tackle fragmentation in the eurozone

    History shows diverging sovereign bond yields have high economic and political costs

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Norges Bank
    Norway makes surprise 50 basis point rise

    Policymakers in Oslo announce biggest rate increase in almost two decades

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Chris Giles
    Complacency led policymakers to misdiagnose inflation

    Politicians and central bankers took their eyes off price problems but running a high pressure economy is dangerous

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Yen
    Yen hits new 24-year low testing BoJ’s ultra-loose policy

    Analysts predict sell-off will continue as Japan’s central bank sticks to low interest rates

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Federal Reserve
    Jay Powell faces test of Fed’s ‘unconditional’ resolve to tame inflation

    US central bank chair’s testimony to Congress comes in wake of heightening fears of recession

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Global Economy
    Monetary policy on the cheap? Let’s reserve judgement

    The problems of picking an off-ramp for the Bank of England’s QE carry trade.

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    UK interest rates
    Bank of England official warns of higher inflation if UK rate rises lag US

    External MPC member Catherine Mann says dovish approach would put pressure on sterling

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    LexEurope quantitative easing
    ECB/EU bonds: big bazooka needed to stop spreads blowing up Premium content

    The next step in the European monetary and political experiment has to be more radical than the last

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Markets InsightMohamed El-Erian
    Central banks and markets share a secular awakening

    There is no hiding from the long-term transition to more challenging financial conditions

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
    Rana Foroohar
    When trying to predict inflation in the US, remember the wild cards

    A long reliance on easy money may give rise to new difficulties as the Fed raises interest rates

  • Saturday, 18 June, 2022
    Bank of Japan
    Japan ‘odd one out’ in pursuing vast bond-buying programme

    Central bank is on track to buy ¥10tn in debt this month to keep a lid on borrowing costs

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    The Big Read
    Time for strong medicine: How central banks got tough on inflation

    In the US and Europe, policymakers are beginning to accept that dealing with rising prices will not be painless

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The global economy is not going to be calmer any time soon

    Central banks are racing to adapt to a world of high inflation and weak growth

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    Currencies
    The Bank of Japan will not be bullied

    Diamond hand QE

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    UK interest rates
    Bank of England raises interest rates by 0.25 percentage points

    Policymakers warn inflation will hit 11% but gradual approach contrasts with Fed

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    The biggest US rate rise in almost 30 years

    European Central Bank signals it will safeguard weaker economies from rising debt costs

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    US interest rates
    Fed raises benchmark rate by 0.75 percentage points to tame inflation

    Officials accelerate tightening by largest degree in decades in sign of more aggressive approach

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Fed begins quantitative tightening on unprecedented scale

    US central bank’s move to reduce $9tn balance sheet comes alongside steep rate rises to tackle persistent inflation

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    Central banks
    Are quantitative tightening fears overblown?

    Morgan Stanley thinks so

  • Saturday, 11 June, 2022
    Eurozone economy
    Rate rise prospects raise concerns for debt-laden eurozone countries

    Spread between German and Italian bond yields has raced higher this week

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    News in-depth
    ECB doves disheartened by plans to hasten pace of rate rises

    High inflation has shifted the balance of power to the bank’s hawks after a decade in the background

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Eurozone economy
    ECB takes hawkish turn to counter record-high inflation

    Central bank paves way for first rate rise in more than a decade and suggests pace could quicken in September

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    European Central Bank
    Investors are anticipating too much tightening from the ECB, says BlackRock

    World’s largest asset manager expects slowing growth will temper pace of rate rises

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    News in-depthEuropean Central Bank
    Lagarde in the hot seat as ECB ends easy-money era

    Rate-setters aware they must regain control of prices without triggering economic and financial meltdown

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    European Central Bank
    ECB to firm up plans to ward off bond market stress

    Council members likely to commit to counter any turmoil triggered by higher rates

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