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With economies in Europe and America forging very different recoveries, their central banks are having to navigate by different stars.
The Fed’s policy-setting committee decided to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged. Here’s why that’s the wrong call.
Monetary policy involves more than managing inflation, which is why it sometimes takes a committee to decide interest rates.
Comments by RBA Governor Glenn Stevens that monetary policy in the form of lower interest rates may have reached its limits, needs to prompt debate on fiscal policy taking over.
On the face of it, Iraq and the US Federal Reserve share little. One is a country plagued by division, war and mayhem since the US invasion of 2003. It is a brutal world where there are no friends, few…
The South African Reserve Bank is a fine example of clear communication of the decision whether to hold, increase, or decrease interest rates. It also gives clear signals of future decisions.
The 100 basis points cut by the People’s Bank of China is as much as about containing unregulated credit within China as a bolster to slowing growth.
Financial markets have factored in a cut to Australia’s cash rate, but economists - including the CAMA Shadow Board - aren’t so sure.
According to our expert, Plaid Cymru has some sensible financial and monetary policies… and some less sensible, too.
The desire of some lawmakers to subject the Fed to extra scrutiny betrays a misunderstanding of central bank independence and monetary policy.
The first ever minutes from the rate setting meeting at the ECB should remind member governments of the Eurozone’s disarray.
Mario Draghi did get round to announcing a much-anticipated new round of quantitative easing (QE) in the end, but never have nine minutes felt so long. The world tuned into the European Central Bank press…
As investors anxiously await the announcement from the European Central Bank about whether the eurozone will implement quantitative easing (QE), we can tell from the ECB’s track record that it is very…
G20 leaders have put growth and employment at the centre of the global agenda. To spur collective growth by more than 2% over five years, member countries have agreed to implement a package of structural…
The European Central Bank’s decision to cut its interest rates further showed that the zero rate rubicon holds no fear, while one substantial bullet was kept in the barrel. It is a useful marker for markets…
Mario Draghi almost single-handedly rescued the Eurozone from disaster two years ago, by pledging to do “whatever it takes to preserve the euro”, so the appeal from the European Central Bank (ECB) chief…
As UK house prices continue to head sharply higher, Bank of England governor Mark Carney thinks they represent the biggest danger to the economic recovery in Britain. They certainly pose a stern test for…
When the European Central Bank unveiled a handful of unconventional monetary policies recently, one above all grabbed the attention. The inception of targeted long-term refinancing operations, preparatory…
When the European Central Bank sent markets reeling yesterday with moves designed to stimulate growth, the 24 people who made that decision could remain comfortable that their exact arguments and misgivings…
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Distinguished Professor and Derek Schrier and Cecily Cameron Chair in Development Economics, School of Economics and Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Economics, University of Kent
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Visiting Faculty in Economics, Emory University
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Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
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Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Higher Education Consultant, Monash University
