Thailand's central bank chief said on Thursday there is no rush to raise interest rates and monetary policy could not address structural issues constraining economic growth.
October 08, 2026Federal Reserve meeting minutes from last month’s policy meeting noted some officials believe it’s time for the central bank to get ready for bond market stress.
October 08, 2026Federal Reserve policymakers were divided last month over the rationale for raising interest rates, with "some participants" seeing a hike as needed
October 08, 2026Most Federal Reserve officials expect that another interest rate increase will likely be needed this year to combat inflation, minutes released Wednesday from the central bank’s most recent meeting showed
October 08, 2026By Michael S.
October 07, 2026Foreign investors pulled $26.3 billion out of emerging market stocks and bonds in September, the first monthly outflow since June, as a hawkish US Federal Reserve drove up
October 07, 2026Indian households are expecting inflation to head higher, a central bank survey showed on Wednesday, signalling that rising food and fuel prices are starting to have an impact beyond
October 07, 2026A readout on Wednesday of the Federal Reserve's last policy meeting is expected to show a much broader debate than reflected in the unanimous decision
October 07, 2026The global economy is under threat from persistently high energy prices, record public debt and risks from the AI investment boom, International Monetary Fund
October 07, 2026A sharp surge in India's banking system liquidity will not be a long-term phenomenon, with most of the funds likely to be used up by the end of the
October 07, 2026The Indian central bank raised its benchmark repo rate INREPO=ECI by 25 basis points to 5.5% on Wednesday, marking the first rise in nearly four years amid mounting inflation and
October 07, 2026India's central bank raised its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.5% on Wednesday, marking the first rise in nearly four years amid
October 07, 2026Thailand's headline consumer price index rose 2.82% in September from a year earlier, after a 2.53% annual increase in the previous month, driven by higher fuel and food
October 06, 2026The Bank of Japan may signal this month that underlying inflation has roughly hit its 2% target, three sources familiar with its thinking
October 06, 2026The Nasdaq notched a record high close on Monday, lifted by Nvidia and Microsoft, as investors focused on a dip in oil prices and looked ahead to quarterly earnings
October 05, 2026Wall Street's main indexes were muted at the open on Monday, as technology stocks eased from record highs, while investors looked for fresh clues on the monetary policy path with
October 05, 2026The US government is paying more to borrow, and it is running out of easy ways to rein in its borrowing costs.
October 05, 2026Some of the world's most prominent central bankers will attend the Istanbul Economic Forum on Thursday and Friday to discuss
October 05, 2026Euro zone inflation is high and upward risks dominate but expensive energy has yet to feed through to wages and other prices, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said
October 05, 2026Japan no longer needs expansionary fiscal and monetary policies aimed at boosting demand, former Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi
October 05, 2026The US central bank will need to raise short-term borrowing costs by at least another half of a percentage point to turn monetary policy "modestly restrictive" and get
October 02, 2026Canada is on the right track to addressing the issue of housing affordability but still has a way to go and needs more time, senior Bank of Canada deputy
October 02, 2026By Michael S.
October 01, 2026US stocks recovered from early losses to close slightly higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 bouncing from a two-week low as a
October 01, 2026A new month, a new quarter - but the bond squeeze goes on, with the 10-year US Treasury yield hitting a 24-year high on Thursday.
October 01, 2026Some Bank of Japan policymakers saw the need to accelerate the pace of interest rate rises or bring them closer to the central bank's "goal" soon, a summary of
October 01, 2026By Michael S.
October 01, 2026Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Wednesday said she is committed to bringing inflation down without harming the labor market in remarks that only briefly touched on monetary
October 01, 2026President Donald Trump began publicly attacking Jerome Powell -- and privately musing about firing him -- just months after Trump elevated Powell in 2018 to the top job at the US
September 30, 2026Stock market investors might have been expected to run for the hills in the face of an extraordinary surge in global borrowing costs, currency interventions,
September 30, 2026The Bank of Japan expects interest rate increases to happen faster and more regularly in future as it pre-empts risks of an inflation overshoot, sources said
September 30, 2026Private-sector members of Japan's key economic advisory panel reiterated the need for close coordination on monetary policy between the government and the
September 30, 2026Too big a pullback in the US central bank's communications could lead to higher and more volatile interest rates and inflation if the public and
September 29, 2026The case for raising interest rates will remain weak until high energy prices translate into clearer signs of inflation spreading across the broader economy, Bank of
September 29, 2026Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor said on Tuesday it was unclear that it would be practical for the BoE to do a single rate hike to tame inflation without fuelling
September 29, 2026Australia's central bank raised its cash rate to a 15-year high of 4.60% on Tuesday in its fourth hike of the year, saying inflation was too high and it was prepared to
September 29, 2026Brazil's share of debt linked to the benchmark Selic rate jumped to 52.7% in August from 51.1% in July, Treasury data showed on Monday, extending a deterioration in the
September 29, 2026Many Bank of Japan policymakers saw the need to focus on mounting inflation risks, with some calling for faster interest rate increases, minutes of their
September 28, 2026A key gauge of Japan's service-sector inflation rose in August at the fastest annual pace in more than two years, data showed on Monday, highlighting mounting price
September 28, 2026By Michael S.
September 26, 2026Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said on Friday that surging bond yields are not being pushed up by inflation fears.
September 26, 2026Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Friday that persistently high energy prices would make it harder for the central bank to leave interest rates on hold, underlining a
September 25, 2026The third quarter draws to a close, and investors have plenty to dig their teeth into.
September 25, 2026The Bank of Mexico on Thursday held its benchmark interest rate steady at 6.50% as expected, though it dropped guidance that explicitly suggested policymakers would
September 25, 2026By Michael S.
September 24, 2026The U.S. central bank will likely need to raise interest rates again to curb unacceptably high inflation, two Federal Reserve policymakers said on Thursday.
September 24, 2026Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said on Thursday that it would be "increasingly appropriate" to respond to growing inflation risks by raising interest rates.
September 24, 2026Brazil's central bank sees a slowdown in economic activity next year as essential for inflation to converge to its 3% target, a senior official said on Thursday.
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