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The annual symposium brought the world’s central bankers together in Wyoming.
Countries around the world could adopt their own digital currency yet there is still work to be done by central banks to weigh up the risks and benefits.
Ghana’s central bank has faced criticism for its role in the country’s economic crisis.
Monetary policy can be wielded as a tool to boost an economy around election time, which explains why politicians want to have a say on it.
Investors, homebuyers and central bankers all have reason to be irritated by the latest data, and inflation isn’t licked just yet. But the numbers also show reason for optimism.
The Federal Reserve doesn’t appear eager to cut rates.
The real question in the minds of many economists is what the trend in inflation will be going forward, and when interest rates will begin to fall and bring relief to Canadians.
The central bank is ‘really in risk management mode,’ its chairman said.
A focus on economic stability in the near-term makes the climate crisis worse in the long-term.
Recent Bank of Canada findings that showed Canadians have misgivings about a central bank digital currency should serve as a wake-up call that policymakers must do more to bridge the trust deficit.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell bristles at talk of managing climate change, but the damage it is doing the US economy is hard to ignore, as the latest National Climate Assessment shows.
So you thought raising interest rates brought down inflation? The reality is a bit more debatable.
Why is monetary policy outside the realm of politics? What are the social ramifications of our current monetary policy system? What alternatives exist?
Central banks balance different factors when raising rates – or not – including inflation and the labour market. But what other countries are doing also has an effect.
News of a soft landing may be premature.
The numbers seem to be going in the ‘right’ direction for the Fed to pull off a soft landing – and avoid a recession – but the picture remains murky.
The deeper causes of inflation will make it very difficult to bring price rises down to more manageable levels.
Central banks are reaching into their toolkits to shore up the global financial system.
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank has exposed gaps in financial regulation that could be tricky to fill.
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