The Latest Breaking News from Monetary Policy

A government-ordered review of the Reserve Bank — the first in more than a generation — is expected to ask searching questions of our key financial institution. The leadership of the central bank, the composition of its board, missed targets and broken promises are all elements under examination.

The stubbornly high inflation is increasing the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will continue its economically painful monetary policy for longer than anticipated, which could tip the economy into a recession. Despite the uncertainties, quality dividend-paying stocks BHP Group (BHP), Telekom Austria (TKAGY), Global Partners (GLP), and MV Oil (MVO)…

Local governments, businesses and households all have holes in their finances that will discourage them from borrowing

Investors say Kazuo Ueda's appointment as the Bank of Japan's new chief may indicate how soon it will shift away from extremely low interest rates — a transition that could have huge ramifications for global financial markets.

When Zimbabwe’s finance minister Mthuli Ncube presented the national budget for 2023 to Parliament in November 2022, he placed high emphasis on a raft of initiatives designed to spur strong economic growth and unleash economic transformation. These included financing of infrastructure projects, education, health, value chains and other public investments.

Jonathan Haskel, an external member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, said a wave of investment was ‘stopped in its tracks’ in 2016.

The main worry is workers might demand more pay, employers will pass that on to prices, and a wage-price spiral will take off

No, it must accept one, per conventional wisdom. But Europe’s showing another way, though it won’t be painless either.

Brazil's central bank newfound independence that was designed to shield it from politics has turned it into a convenient punching bag for the new government that can use it to fire up its leftist base and blame it for economic woes.