The Latest Breaking News from MPC

Annual inflation may drop when official figures are released on Wednesday but UK rate still higher than eurozone

While macroeconomic uncertainties have fostered market volatility, the S&P 500 gained 7.8% year-to-date. We think fundamentally strong S&P 500 stocks Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Marathon Petroleum (MPC), which have gained more than 30% over the past year, could be worth buying now. Read more.

Speculation of further 0.25-point increase in rates after speech by Bank of England governor to IMF

Bank of Thailand policy makers backed continuing their gradual and measured approach as they raised interest rates last month, minutes of their meeting showed, citing risks that inflation could stay higher for longer than expected.

The Bank of Thailand's (BoT) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said it would continue its approach of gradual and measured policy normalisation as it hiked the key interest rate last month, minutes of the meeting showed on Wednesday.

Global chief economist at Kroll will join the MPC as an external member on a three-year term from 5 July

Rain Newton-Smith is likely to have a tough job keeping members on board after misconduct scandal

The Reserve Bank of India has decided to keep the key benchmark interest rate - repo rate - unchanged at 6.5 per cent with readiness to act should the situation so warrant, Governor Shaktikanta Das announced on Thursday, after a two-day monetary policy (MPC) meeting. Read further on Dynamite News:

MPC member Silvana Tenreyro expects such a move ‘to avoid significant inflation undershoot’

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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) will hold a periodic meeting on Thursday when options to contain successive shocks to the Egyptian economy remain limited before growing local and global crises. CBE will likely raise interest rates at today’s meeting to curb inflation, which…