Quantitative easing
ECB to halt PEPP purchases but expand APP
Lagarde says rising inflation will be temporary, but says ECB needs flexible monetary policy
Bank of England raises policy rate
Tightening comes amid inflation surge and just after BoE completes asset purchases
Fed doubles pace of quantitative easing taper
FOMC says recent inflation figures and labour market strength drove the decision
Hungary continues campaign of rate hikes
MNB ends asset purchase programme, as inflation rises above 7%
Podcast: Oliver Wünsch on a solution to eurozone fragmentation risks
A common fiscal authority could offer stability, but would require sharing more sovereignty
Inflation challenges ECB’s normalisation plans
Central bank expected to confirm end of PEPP purchases on December 16
Eurozone QE helped increase R&D spending, paper finds
Firms that had bonds bought by the ECB increased R&D spending by 9% on average
Eurozone inflation hits record high of 4.9%
ECB expected to clarify the future of its stimulus programme on December 16
Swedish central bank announces end to net asset purchases
Sveriges Riksbank forecasts it will not raise rates until 2024, saying inflation rise is temporary
Final frontier? Japan after the Kuroda experiment
The Bank of Japan has pushed monetary easing close to its limit, yet inflation is barely above zero. What happens now?
Lagarde says ECB policy is likely to stay loose in 2022
ECB president says eurozone must not “rush into a premature tightening”
Swedish inflation rose further in October
CPIF increased year on year by 3.1% last month; Riksbank expected to reduce balance sheet
Riksbank opens review of board members’ stock holdings
Investigation will assess whether officials violated “rules of conduct”
Fed and ECB officials point to different policy directions
US officials see a rate hike in 2022 as increasingly likely, while eurozone governors rule that out
US records highest CPI inflation rise since 1990
NY Fed detects slight rise in short-term consumer inflation expectations as real wages fall
Lane makes case that inflation surge is transitory
ECB chief economist stresses weak mid-term inflation dynamics in the eurozone
German tabloids ramp up personal attacks on Lagarde
ECB board member Isabel Schnabel says “inciting hatred” is “unacceptable”
US adds more than half a million jobs in October
Unemployment falls to 4.6% as labour market perks up again
BSP sees no signs of capital outflow as Fed taper begins
Central Bank of the Philippines now mulling exit from its own purchase programme
BoE to start greening its corporate bond holdings
Central bank will use new climate-focused methodology to rebalance portfolio later this month
Fed pulls trigger on taper
Fed begins phasing out QE at initial rate of $15 billion per month
Time to stop handing out the pills: the great QE detox
We are facing a serious inflation threat that will test the resolve of central bankers, writes Jagjit Chadha. Central banks must reduce their reliance on QE. But how?
RBA drops yield curve control
Lowe acknowledges messy market conditions after yields broke free late last week
Riksbank studies link between equity prices and interest rates
Measures that do not directly account for interest rates can better explain historical prices