Big central banks start 2025 heading in different directions
The first central bank meetings of 2025 suggest it will be a year in which policymakers go their own way as economic paths ...
European Central Bank to cut rates again with Trump threat and U.S. divergence in focus
The Fed will likely be on a more hawkish path, so significant divergence from the ECB could risk flight of capital towards ...
The Fed sent stocks spiraling after its last meeting, and now the central bank left interest rates untouched
The Fed signaled as much at its last meeting in December, when the central bank delivered an interest cut, but hinted that it ...
EU vessel sanctions weigh on Russian grain exports, central bank says
The European Union's sanctions on vessels transporting Russian grain, along with Turkey's wheat import ban, impacted Russian ...
ECB president warns over loss of central bank independence
Central bank independence is being questioned in parts of the world and greater political influence over policy could ...
Bank of Japan raises rates to highest in 17 years
Japan's central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years after consumer price rises ...
As elite Davos event ends, some hail ‘constructive optimism’ despite divisions, suffering in world
The World Economic Forum's annual gathering of elites in Davos has ended with many business leaders, world-class academics, ...
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Warning words in a warming world: central bank communication and climate change
The authors study climate-related central bank communications using a dataset of more than 35,000 speeches delivered by 131 central banks from 1986 to 2023. They employ natural language processing ...
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World Bank, IMF advocate for coordinated inflation control in Nigeria
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), have called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to remain ...