Monetary policy decisions
PBoC keeps key lending rate unchanged
Central bank sticks to accommodative policy as China faces slowdown
Peru continues gradual policy tightening
Central bank hikes rates by 25bp and forecasts inflation will reach target level by mid-2023
Bank of Mexico takes rates to 10%
Banxico board follows Fed again, but hints tightening cycle may slow down
Serbia hikes for eighth consecutive month
Inflation is nearing peak and “slowdown was sharper than expected”, board says
Nicaragua raises policy rate for sixth time this year
Country’s economy has recovered from long recession, but inflation remains high
Albanian governor says latest increase brings rates to neutral level
Gent Sejko forecasts inflation will not reach central bank’s target until second quarter of 2024
Norges Bank raises rates again
Norwegian central bank governor says MPC might continue to slow pace of increases
Armenia raises policy rate by 50bp
Fleeing Russians are helping to drive inflation, central bank says
Dominican Republic signals possible end to hikes
Board orders 25bp rise but says policy rate has reached “appropriate level”
Egypt raises policy rate and floats currency
Central bank decisions come as IMF signs preliminary deal for further $3 billion loan
Colombian central bank increases rates to 11%
Food inflation and demand are stronger than in other Latin American countries, governor says
Brazil’s central bank holds rates and warns of fiscal problems
BCB leaves Selic rate at 13.75%, stressing lower inflation is partly due to subsidies
Costa Rican board says it will slow rate rises
Central bank orders 50bp increase, but says cycle will continue at “lesser rhythm”
Bank of Canada makes smaller-than-expected rate rise
Macklem says central bank is “getting closer” to end of increases, “but we are not there yet”
Some Latin American central banks pause tightening cycle
Paraguay second to hold rates after Brazil, as Peru and Chile signal they may do the same
Argentina holds rates for first time this year
Central bank says core inflation decelerating, but official figures show headline figure rising
Turkish central bank cuts rate 150bp
MPC may be close to ending cuts as inflation continues soaring
PBoC keeps key lending rates steady
Central bank stays put amid China’s Communist Party congress
Bank Indonesia delivers another 50bp rate rise
Governor Perry Warjiyo describes the rate hike as a pre-emptive move
Hungary makes emergency intervention to defend forint
Action comes after the central bank said it would cease rate rises
PBoC rolls over 500bn yuan policy loans to maintain liquidity
Central bank keeps the rate on the medium-term loans unchanged at 2.75%
Singapore’s central bank tightens policy for fourth time this year
MAS decision comes after Singapore’s economy rebounded in the third quarter
Chilean board makes 11th hike, but says cycle may be over
Central bank leaders say “rate has reached its maximum level of the cycle”
Four more African central banks raise rates
Ghana raises policy rate to highest level since 2017, plus hikes in Uganda, Sierra Leone and Tunisia