The Bank of Russia has eased policy, citing a moderation in both inflation and domestic demand. However, it added that the ...

Nearly one in six central banks that responded to the Governance Benchmarks 2026 is in the process of being recapitalised, or ...

Economists at the Bank for International Settlements have developed a large language model to make forecasts akin to those ...

The central banks of mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan have all held rates, with the latter taking on a markedly hawkish ...

The central banks of the Czech Republic, Moldova, Sweden and Ukraine left their rates unchanged on March 19. In explaining their decisions, the Czech National Bank (CNB), National Bank of Moldova, ...

Austria’s central bank and finance ministry have nominated Helmut Ettl to become executive director of the International Monetary Fund for a two-year term beginning on November 1. Ettl is currently a ...

Their interest rate models are creaking under the demands of unprecedented actions from maverick political leaders. From mortgage holidays for millions of homeowners, to proposed credit card rate caps ...

The Bank of England held its policy rate at 3.75% today (March 19) and said the conflict in the Middle East had damaged the UK’s economic outlook and shifted the bank’s inflation forecasts. The ...

The Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) has cut rates for the first time in nearly two years, kickstarting a long-anticipated easing ...

Governors serving in smaller central banks tend to earn slightly less than colleagues in larger institutions, the Governance ...

The adoption of central bank digital currency (CBDC) is proving to be just as challenging, if not more so, than its ...

The bank’s president Christine Lagarde presented the decision at a press conference, where she said the Middle East conflict was likely to push up average headline inflation to 2.6% in 2026, 2% in ...