The Latest Breaking News from Monetary Policy

With UK government bonds and sterling both falling hard in recent days, the Bank of England has been forced to step in. Only a few months after it started tightening monetary policy to fight inflation by raising benchmark interest rates and ending its programme to “create” money through quantitative easing…

NEW DELHI: A stubbornly high inflation and persistently falling rupee promoted the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) monetary policy committee (MPC) to raise benchmark lending rates for the 4th time in a row on Friday.

Huw Pill said there had been ‘significant market consequences’ following the chancellor’s announcement of tax-cuts

Two months after he was assassinated, Shinzo Abe is still stirring controversy, evidence of how the polarising former premier's legacy is shaping Japanese politics on everything from defence to monetary policy.

An interest rate hike of at least 0.5% by the Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) tomorrow would be enough to shore up the baht, which has depreciated by 11.5% against the greenback this year to date, analysts said.

Hard times make for bad thinking.

Despite gaining more than 15% in price over the past three months, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) is down close to 35% year-to-date. With the Fed reiterating its aggressive monetary policy stance, it could be wise to sell the stock before it plunges even lower. Read on….

Economists forecast the value of the baht could plunge to 38 to the US dollar this year, mainly attributed to a stronger dollar as the Federal Reserve pursues a hawkish monetary policy.

Nations are being forced to go it alone in erecting defenses against the relentless strength of the almighty greenback, with no sign that governments are willing to act in concert.