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  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    Yen
    Japanese yen falls through key level of 150 to dollar

    Traders left confused as currency strengthens sharply after breaking through closely watched level

    Pedestrians cross a street in Tokyo
  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    Eurozone inflation
    ‘Last mile’ of disinflation the hardest, warns ECB deputy head

    Luis de Guindos dismisses rates cuts and says getting back to 2% target will not be easy

  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Japan
    Investors read the runes on course of Japan’s monetary policy

    Central bank watchers deeply divided on when and how ultra-loose approach will unwind

    Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda chats with US Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell and European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde
  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    Martin Wolf
    Global lessons from inflation’s rise above the UK target

    Errors in hitting central bank goals are likely to be asymmetric with a drift upwards that leads to recession

    The Bank of England building
  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    Bank of England
    Bank of England plans permanent lending facility for non-banks

    UK central bank says facility is needed as risks from financial institutions such as insurers and pension funds rise

    The Bank of England
  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    ECB ‘infinity team’ launches AI experiment to speed up basic tasks

    Central bank explores use of tools similar to ChatGPT to help draft briefings and write newsletters

    Icons of AI apps
  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
    Nigeria
    Nigeria’s Senate confirms new central bank governor amid currency rout

    Former Citi executive Olayemi Cardoso faces task of stabilising naira and settling $6.8bn foreign exchange obligations

    Naira banknotes
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Bank of England studies sweeping reform of forecasting

    UK central bank indicates review by Ben Bernanke could result in process similar to that used by US Fed

    Ben Bernanke and the Bank of England
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Deutsche Bundesbank
    Bundesbank faces job cuts as consultants plot ‘modernisation’

    Germany’s central bankers up in arms over Boston Consulting Group’s recommended efficiency drive

    The headquarters of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt
  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The wage growth puzzle for central banks

    UK labour market appears an outlier compared with the US and the EU

    A woman holds a sign that reads ‘United for a strong contract’ during a rally to support striking workers outside a car assembly plant in Louisville, Kentucky
  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    Global Economy
    A ‘milestone’ moment: why economists think the global cycle of rate rises is over

    The world economy is showing signs of a slowdown, fuelling investors’ hopes that inflationary pressures are easing

    The ECB’s Christine Lagarde, Jay Powell of the Fed and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    Yen tumbles after Bank of Japan maintains ultra-low interest rates

    August data shows consumer price growth exceeded 2% target for 17th straight month

    Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Mohamed El-Erian
    The plight of the ‘permacrisis’ and what to do about it

    The complexity of central banks’ ‘last mile’ on inflation is part of a bigger economic challenge

    Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), from left, Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), and Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, at the Jackson Hole economic symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    UK interest rates
    How long will the Bank of England keep interest rates high?

    Markets are betting on looser monetary policy late next year, but some economists say it could happen sooner

    BoE building with rates graphic
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    Eurozone inflation
    Bundesbank warns eurozone must avoid entrenched inflation ‘at all costs’

    Joachim Nagel’s hawkish comments contrast with investor expectations of an end to rate rises 

    Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    Turkish economy
    Turkey raises interest rates for fourth time since June

    Central bank lifts borrowing costs to 30% as part of efforts to tackle high inflation

    Central bank chief Hafize Gaye Erkan
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    US interest rates
    Fed signals fresh rate rise this year and fewer cuts in 2024

    Two-year Treasury yield hits highest level since 2006 after hawkish projections from US central bank

    The Federal Reserve building in Washington
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Global economic growth
    Central banks must keep rates high until inflation is tamed, says OECD

    Organisation sees no case for monetary easing in rich nations despite economic strains and trading tensions

    Clare Lombardelli
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    US interest rates
    Fed set to hold rates but leave tightening in play

    Expected policy pause would come amid mixed signals on economy

    Jay Powell speaking during a news conference in July
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    UK interest rates
    BoE expected to raise interest rates to 5.5%

    Markets and economists anticipate the 15th increase in this cycle by the central bank to be the last

    People sitting outside the Bank of England in London, England
  • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
    US interest rates
    Has the Federal Reserve finished raising rates?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    Bank of England
    Public confidence in Bank of England’s inflation strategy hits record low

    Central bank receives worst rating since 1999 ahead of vote on new interest rate rise

    The Bank of England
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    Eurozone interest rates
    ECB hawks warn of December rate rise if inflation and wages stay hot

    Uncertainty over how quickly price pressures will subside despite hopes eurozone has seen last tightening

    Political poster demanding ‘Make Inflation Small Again’ outside ECB headquarters in Frankfurt
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    Soumaya Keynes
    Will higher interest rates leave economic scars?

    Two new studies argue that even if they depress inflation, they could hurt innovation and growth

    Illustration of a graph with its red lines wrapping round a man in a suit, who appears to be leaping away from it towards some light
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    Eurozone interest rates
    ECB raises rates to all-time high

    Quarter-point increase comes despite faltering growth in the eurozone

    The ECB building in Frankfurt
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