The Latest Breaking News from Monetary Policy

Euro’s Interest Rate Advantage Expected to Fade by Year-end

Today’s hawkish comments by ECB President Lagarde gave the euro (^EURUSD ) a small boost. However, the markets are expecting the ECB to be done tightening monetary policy by this autumn or winter, which would eliminate the euro’s current interest rate advantage. At the ECB’s retreat in Portugal, ECB President...

Barchart · Jun 27, 2023

Bank of England hikes interest rate to 5% to reach highest level in almost 15 years

The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee have voted to increase the base rate by 0.5% in a bid to bring inflation down

Birmingham Post · Jun 22, 2023

Bank of England governor denies trying to trigger recession after hiking interest rates to 5% – as it happened

Rolling coverage as the Bank of England lifts UK interest rates to a 15-year high, as it contnues to fight inflation

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2023

Unwavering focus: On the Monetary Policy Committee’s approach to policy

Achieving durable disinflation must remain a non-negotiable goal, especially amid widening income inequality and high unemployment

The Hindu · Jun 9, 2023

Can the Fed Continue to Hike Rates?

The U.S. central bank has taken the highest inflation in four decades seriously, increasing the short-term Fed Funds Rate by 500 basis points from March 2022 through May 2023. The Fed has also tightened credit for further maturities via quantitative tightening. While the consensus over the past year supported rate…

Barchart · Jun 9, 2023

BoT pushes up interest rate to 2%

The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has raised its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, in a bid to maintain the momentum of the Thai economic recovery.

Bangkok Post · May 31, 2023

Jeremy Hunt ‘comfortable’ with recession if needed to cut inflation and stabilise economy

There are fears the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee may have to raise interest rates to as high as 5.5 per cent to tackle inflation

Evening Standard · May 26, 2023

Bank of England admits it made errors in UK inflation forecasts

Governor Andrew Bailey insisted inflation has ‘turned the corner’, ahead of official figures on Wednesday.

The Independent UK · May 23, 2023

OPINION - Interest rates rise for 12th successive time as inflation gets sticky

Today’s Monetary Policy Report from the Bank of England was a little like the weather: a bit of sunshine, some very dark clouds, but mostly everyone wondering when things will get better.

Evening Standard · May 11, 2023

Bank of England: Inflation won’t hit target until 2025

Inflation will remain above 5% in the fourth quarter and price rises won’t hit the Bank’s 2% target until 2025, the Monetary Policy Committee says

Evening Standard · May 11, 2023