Monetary Policy
Riksbank decision unanimous
All six members of the Riksbank's Executive Council backed the decision to raise rates a quarter point to 4.5% earlier this month.
Canada holds rates, warns on inflation
The Bank of Canada on Tuesday opted to keep rates at 3% but warned inflation was set to soar above 4%, double the institution's target.
UK inflation surges to 16-year high
British headline inflation rose to 3.8% in the year to June, its highest level since 1992.
BoE's Sentance on the inflationary threat
In the face of the current oil and commodity price pressures, policymakers cannot expect to maintain the benign world of steady growth and consistently low inflation, said Andrew Sentence, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.
Rates restraining demand: RBA
The Reserve Bank of Australia's rate-setting board believes rates, which it has held at a 12-year high of 7.25% since March, are beginning to restrain demand.
Denmark bails out bank
The National Bank of Denmark has agreed to provide $158m-worth of emergency financing to Roskilde, a bank.
Chile hikes by half a point
The Central Bank of Chile on Thursday raised its key rate half a point to 7.25% on the back of a deteriorating inflationary outlook.
Canada names special advisers
The Bank of Canada has appointed two economics professors as its special advisers on monetary policy for the coming year.
Price risks outweigh growth threat: SF's Yellen
Janet Yellen, the president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve, has said that the threat of inflation spiralling is now greater than the risk of a rise in unemployment.
On the roots of housing bubbles
Regions or economies with a low share of owner-occupied houses are more prone to housing bubbles that are driven by locally unstable rent dynamics, research published by the Central Bank of Turkey argues.
UK rates stay at 5%
The Bank of England held its key rate at 5% for the third straight month on Thursday.
Goodhart predicts "annus horribilis" for BoE's MPC
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is in for a terrible year, Charles Goodhart, a former member of the committee, said.
IMF assesses money's role in policy
The International Monetary Fund has published research looking at the role of money in monetary policy.
BoE rate low but homeowners face price surge
UK mortgage costs hit an eight-year high at the end of June despite the Bank of England's key rate remaining at 5%, its lowest level for more than two years.
Differences between Fed and ECB overplayed
The divergences between the Fed's dual mandate and the European Central Bank's (ECB) task of maintaining price stability have little impact on policy in the medium- to long-term, notes Ignazio Visco, a deputy director general at the Bank of Italy.
Tightening prospects fade in Japan
The prospects for a rate hike in Japan in the near future have become even smaller after a quarterly report by the Bank of Japan indicated that economic conditions have worsened in eight of the country's nine regions since April.
Rising fuel prices spur Israel's rate hike
Concern over rising fuel prices led Stanley Fischer, the governor of the Bank of Israel, to opt for a quarter-point rate rise at last month's meeting of the central bank's monetary policy committee.
Banco de la Republica, Colombia minutes
The board of directors of the Banco de la Republica Colombia decided unanimously to leave the intervention rate at 9.75%, the minutes of the 20 June meeting show.
Interest rates in inflation-targeting countries
A new paper from the Reserve Bank of Australia examines whether long-term nominal interest rates in inflation-targeting economies are determined abroad.
Bank Indonesia hikes rates
Indonesia's central bank raised rates for the third time in a row as the fuel price hike and soaring food prices pushed inflation to above 11% in June.
Have Australian rates peaked?
The statement accompanying the latest monetary-policy decision of the Reserve Bank of Australia suggests that the central bank's long cycle of monetary tightening may be over.
Should the public read inflation reports?
A new paper published by the Czech National Bank offers a way to evaluate consistency in central bank communication.
Central Bank of Brazil minutes
Rate setters in Brazil were unanimous in their decision to raise the Selic target to 12.25% p.a., the minutes of the 3 and 4 June monetary policy committee meeting show.
Real interest rates in Sweden
New research from the Sveriges Riksbank discusses the concept and development of the real interest rate and the real repo rate in Sweden.