Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
US consumer spending resilience hides inequalities – research
Low-income consumers’ credit card debt has risen substantially since 2019
Eurozone unemployment stats may understate slack – research
Authors say they have created an indicator with important monetary policy implications
Climate change harming global economy – BoK study
Study finds high income countries more vulnerable to climate change, in contrast to other research
RBI says its monetary framework serves India well
Central bank rejects idea of removing food from CPI index used for inflation targeting
Banrep’s Villar voices support for monetary independence
Colombian central bank governor defends constitutional arrangements amid attack from president
Riksbank holds rates, signals one more cut possible in 2025
Lacklustre economic activity and higher-than-expected inflation fail to convince bank to cut
Bank Indonesia makes second surprise rate cut
Consecutive cuts come despite strong second-quarter growth
China keeps benchmark lending rates unchanged for third month
Economists predicted hold as PBoC turns to other means for credit growth
New Zealand cuts policy rate as economic recovery ‘stalls’
Central bank cuts policy rate 25bp saying global uncertainty caused economic slowdown
Zimbabwe’s wholesale payment system goes down
Central bank’s website and RTGS experience outage due to “technical challenge”
Thailand and China renew bilateral currency swap agreement
Central banks agree to exchange up to 70 billion Chinese yuan over five-year period
Egypt’s president renews term of central bank chief
Acting governor Hassan Abdalla begins fourth year in post amid economy recovery