Inflation targeting
Guatemala accelerates hikes while Dominican Republic pauses
Dominican core and headline inflation falling, but pressures are rising in Guatemala
Rates round-up: Pakistan adds 100bp to main rate
Central banks raise rates in Kenya, Congo and Iceland
ECB warns array of risks threatens financial system
Luis de Guindos calls on governments to avoid fiscal policies running against tighter monetary policy
Rates round-up: tighter policy in Uruguay, Rwanda and French Pacific
Persistent inflation prompts further rate rises in emerging market economies
Serbia hikes for eighth consecutive month
Inflation is nearing peak and “slowdown was sharper than expected”, board says
Canadian governor shrugs off attacks by opposition politicians
Official opposition leader has pledged to fire Macklem as trade union boss also criticises central bank
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
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”
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
Is the ECB taking the right policy path?
Facing an energy supply shock, analysts ponder whether sharp rate increases and QT alone will serve to bring inflation back to target while avoiding a major recession
ADB gives crisis-hit Pakistan $1.5 billion loan
Asian Development Bank extends aid as extensive floods add to major economic problems
Turkish central bank cuts rate 150bp
MPC may be close to ending cuts as inflation continues soaring
Hungary makes emergency intervention to defend forint
Action comes after the central bank said it would cease rate rises
US CPI inflation remains high
Headline reading falls slightly, while core inflation continues to rise
Chilean board makes 11th hike, but says cycle may be over
Central bank leaders say “rate has reached its maximum level of the cycle”
New Zealand central bank suggests change to mandate
RBNZ says mandate could prioritise price stability and drop housing requirement
Four more African central banks raise rates
Ghana raises policy rate to highest level since 2017, plus hikes in Uganda, Sierra Leone and Tunisia
Colombian president criticises central bank’s rate increases
Finance minister argues tighter policy could bring recession without reducing inflation
Iceland’s MPC carries out ninth consecutive rate rise
Central bank slows tightening cycle amid signs inflation may be on downward path
Ukraine: the challenges for central banks
Rules on the weaponisation of money would help to protect a ‘public good’ amid geopolitical splits in a testing environment for central banks, write Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large
Finance minister becomes new Guatemala governor
Gónzalez replaces Recinos, who had led the Bank of Guatemala for seven years