Interest rates
Rates round-up: RBA tightens policy 25bp
Plus rate increases in India, Israel, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica
BoE emergency bond purchases drop to zero
Central bank had offered to buy £5 billion per day, but actual purchases have been much smaller
UN body warns central banks could set off global recession
UNCTAD report calls for price controls rather than rate hikes
Finance minister becomes new Guatemala governor
Gónzalez replaces Recinos, who had led the Bank of Guatemala for seven years
China rolls out new measures to boost housing demand
Authorities lower mortgage rates and offer a tax incentive for new home purchases
Bank of Mexico raises rates 75bp for third time
Banxico raises inflation forecasts as analysts say it is likely to continue following Fed
Colombia orders ninth consecutive rate increase
Inflation rises above central bank projections as finance minister expresses frustration
French Pacific monetary authority raises rates
IEOM orders 75bp increase in deposit rate to combat inflation
BoE becomes reluctant market-maker of last resort
Gilt market turmoil has again forced the BoE to intervene. Is there a better way?
Four African central banks take policy decisions
Morocco and BEAC increase rates and Tanzania reduces liquidity while Angola cuts policy rate
Nigerian MPC raises rates as inflation reaches highest level since 2005
Governor says inflation is gathering pace and next year’s election is increasing sovereign risk
Quantitative tightening: missed opportunities
Treasuries and central banks must think harder about balance sheet policies, says Philip Turner
BoE to buy bonds on ‘whatever scale is necessary’
Turmoil in gilt markets forces pension funds to dump assets to meet margin calls
Some new monetary frictions
Negative net interest is set to hit Fed earnings with monetary and fiscal policy implications
ECB will not consider QT until rates back to normal – Lagarde
Central bank holds close to €5 trillion in eurozone securities, over €4.2 trillion in public assets
Rate rises reveal defi weaknesses – Powell
Regulating algorithms highlighted as key crypto challenge at Banque de France conference
Digital dollar could reduce unbanked in US by 93% – Dallas Fed paper
Inclusion need not come at the cost of disintermediation, researchers find
IMF says it will not provide loans for Zimbabwe
Fund urges central bank to cease “quasi-fiscal operations” as official inflation reaches 285%
Brazil makes first FX intervention of the year
Strong real bucks wider regional trend of depreciation against the dollar
PBoC raises FX risk reserve ratio for forward trading
Move is the Chinese central bank’s latest attempt to slow the yuan’s decline
Inflation: what went wrong, and why?
Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan detail three theories on the causes of high inflation, as well as their implications for policy responses
Guatemalan central bank orders 25bp hike
Central bank raises rates to highest level since 2017
Book notes: 21st century monetary policy, by Ben S Bernanke
Bernanke’s great book offers important insights for today’s policy-makers, writes Stephen Poloz
Central Bank of Brazil pauses tightening cycle
Latin America’s leading central bank says holding rates may be enough to reach inflation target