The Latest Breaking News from Monetary Policy

In her first interview since joining the monetary policy committee, Britain’s newest interest-rate setter warns inflation is not the biggest threat to the economy – because ‘the slowdown is here’

The Monetary Policy Committee is set to raise its key rate by a quarter point for a third straight meeting as an accelerating economic growth aided by tourism revival risks stoking prices.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday asked the G20 wealthy nations to contain the fallout from interest rate hikes, as the US Federal Reserve moves aggressively to fight inflation. He also cautioned that drawing ideological lines obstructs the advancement of humankind. "We must contain global inflation and resolve systematic risks…

The Australian Greens say the federal government's review of the Reserve Bank should re-imagine how monetary policy should work for the 21st century.

TMBThanachart Bank (ttb) expects to increase its loan interest rates by at least 0.5-0.6% next year, in line with the Bank of Thailand's monetary policy normalisation.

Türkiye should tighten monetary policy and give its central bank more independence, a mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday. "To address (Türkiye’s) challenges, the mission recommended early policy rate hikes accompanied by moves to strengthen the central bank's independence," said the IMF in a press release.…

US jobs figures are keeping monetary policy in the spotlight after a week of outsized interest rate movements ended with more strong jobs growth, opening the way for more big hikes.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warns ‘we still have some ways to go’ on curbing inflation

Analysts are predicting the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee will vote to up its rate by 0.75 percentage points, from 2.25% to 3% this afternoon - in what would spell more misery for homeowners