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    • Monday, 26 February, 2024
      Markets InsightJohn Plender
      Spiralling US public debt risks action from bond vigilantes

      Policymakers should start making contingency plans now

      1 hour ago
      Pedestrians walk past the US Department of the Treasury
    • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
      Katie Martin
      Why Australia may be the canary in the coal mine on interest rates

      A hawkish tone from the country’s central bank — and from New Zealand — signals that movement could still be up not down

      The Reserve Bank of Australia building in Sydney
    • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
      US inflation
      Stocks drop and Treasury yields jump as inflation data shakes rate bets

      Consumer price rise of 3.1% in January outpaces market expectations

      A shopper at a supermarket in New York
    • Monday, 12 February, 2024
      ExplainerCentral banks
      How low will rates go? The hunt for the elusive ‘neutral’ level

      Economists debate whether the real interest rate seen as key to balancing economies has risen from pre-Covid lows

    • Saturday, 10 February, 2024
      Eurozone interest rates
      Italy central bank chief says time for interest rate cuts is ‘fast approaching’

      Fabio Panetta says eurozone inflation is falling faster than expected

    • Friday, 9 February, 2024
      Markets InsightDavid Zervos
      The Fed put is back — and in a stronger, more flexible form

      What matters now is what central banks can do rather than what they will do

    • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
      Markets InsightTej Parikh
      We are too obsessed with monetary policy

      This cycle reiterates that interest rates are a blunt tool to guide the economy

      Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank and Fed chair Jay Powell
    • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
      Harriett Baldwin
      Bank of England’s quantitative tightening is a leap in the dark

      Lack of evidence or international example makes it hard to predict the outcome of the decision to sell gilts

      Dusk view looking up at the Bank of England facade
    • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
      Economists Exchange
      Isabel Schnabel: ‘The last mile of disinflation may be the most difficult one’

      The ECB board member on combating price rises, the effect of climate change on costs and the importance of money supply

    • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
      UK quantitative easing
      MPs sound alarm over fiscal cost of unwinding quantitative easing

      Potential losses on BoE bond-buying could have impact on public spending, says Treasury committee

      People walk outside the Bank of England
    • Monday, 5 February, 2024
      Bank of England
      BoE official sees interest rate cuts ahead as ‘reward’ for lower inflation

      Chief economist Huw Pill says underlying price growth does not need to fall to 2% for easing of policy

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    • Monday, 5 February, 2024
      US interest rates
      Fed expects to make three rate cuts this year, says Powell

      Central bank chair tries to quash market expectations of six cuts in 2024 as inflation falls

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    • Sunday, 4 February, 2024
      The Big Read
      Why central banks are reluctant to declare victory over inflation

      Policymakers had begun laying the ground for interest rate cuts, but strong US labour data shows pressure on prices has not yet abated

    • Sunday, 4 February, 2024
      Bank of Japan
      Bank of Japan grows more confident about imminent exit from negative rates

      Momentum on wages and prices strengthens view on outlook for inflation

      Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan  attends a meeting with deputy governors, members of the policy board and government officials at the central bank’s headquarters in Tokyo
    • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Central bankers gear up for interest rate cuts

      Policymakers may need to reduce the cost of credit sooner than they convey

      Central bankers Andrew Bailey, Jay Powell, Christine Lagarde
    • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
      Free LunchMartin Sandbu
      Lessons from our past inflationary episode Premium content

      Supply, demand and Jedi central bankers

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    • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
      Eurozone inflation
      Falling German and French inflation fuels hope of interest rate cuts

      Price pressures in eurozone’s two largest economies ease thanks to lower energy and goods inflation

      Customers shop in a Casino Hyperfrais hypermarket in France
    • Sunday, 28 January, 2024
      News in-depthEurozone inflation
      Why the ECB should still be worried about wages

      Economists think central bankers need to wait for hard data before cutting interest rates

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    • Friday, 26 January, 2024
      Markets InsightMichael Howell
      Markets should be buoyed by increased liquidity in 2024

      Conditions are becoming easier in the global economy with an expanding pool of cash and credit

      Twenty dollar notes pass through on machine at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
    • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
      European Central Bank
      Lagarde says ‘disinflation process is at work’

      ECB president says rapid wage growth is showing signs of slowing in the eurozone as central bank holds rates at 4%

      ECB building in Frankfurt
    • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
      Free LunchMartin Sandbu
      Lies, damned lies, and year-on-year inflation rates Premium content

      Don’t fall for the ‘disinflation wobble’ scare

      Shoppers queue at a fruit and vegetable stall in London
    • Wednesday, 24 January, 2024
      Chinese economy
      China cuts bank reserve ratio to boost growth as sentiment sours

      People’s Bank of China promises ‘good monetary and financial environment for the economy’ amid stock market rout

      The building of the People’s Bank of China in Beijing, with the flag of China in front
    • Tuesday, 23 January, 2024
      Chris Giles on Central Banks
      2024 is still the year for rate cuts Premium content

      It is time to take stock as the first big monetary policy meetings of the year take place

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    • Tuesday, 23 January, 2024
      News in-depthEuropean Central Bank
      ‘Once bitten, twice shy’: why the ECB is likely to play for time on rate cuts

      Eurozone bank’s governing council is expected to leave monetary policy on hold in Thursday’s meeting

      ECB president Christine Lagarde
    • Sunday, 21 January, 2024
      Eurozone economy
      What will the ECB say about the timing of interest rate cuts?

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

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