Monetary Policy
Botswana hikes newly introduced policy rate
Central bank announces first rate increase since 2008 as inflation stays in double digits
Costa Rica increases pace of monetary tightening
Central bank hikes rates by 150bp as core and headline inflation continue to rise
Central bank comms staff earn $40,000 on average
Data shows wide disparity across institutions and income groups
Japan reinforces yield curve control
Yen falls after MPC commits to daily purchases of Japanese government bonds at 0.25% yield
Riksbank tightens policy for first time since pandemic's onset
Swedish central bank surprised analysts by raising rates and reducing asset reinvestments
Wide variation in comms staff numbers
Smallest communications team has just two members, and the largest over 100
How high can the ECB take interest rates?
Despite rising inflation, eurozone central bank is seen as unlikely to take rates over 1.5% in coming years
Maintaining trust is top focus of comms teams
Benchmarking data sheds light on how central banks measure the effectiveness of communications
Kazakhstan raises policy rate by 50 basis points
Inflation hit 12% in March and expectations are “not anchored”
Most central banks are bilingual communicators
Only a handful communicate in three languages, but it is common to translate at least some documents
Turkish central bank tightens reserve regime for lenders
Central bank will also penalise lenders with high levels of foreign-denominated accounts
Paraguay raises interest rates by 50bp
Central bank makes ninth hike in a row as inflation reaches double digits
Media relations is biggest job for comms teams
But website, social media and internal comms also account for significant portions of time
Andrew Bailey acknowledges risk of ‘over-tightening’
Senior economists discuss how to avoid stagflation during a fragile moment for the global economy
New Zealand’s inflation hits 30-year high
Labour shortages also affecting many businesses
PBoC focusing on grain and energy to stem inflation
Price stability in grain production and energy supply key to growth, says governor
UK faces possible inflation ‘ratchet’ – BoE’s Mann
MPC member says shocks to UK economy have “piled on top of each other”
NBU plots path out of war economy
Ukrainian central bank turns to monetary financing as government struggles to pay for war
Fed’s Evans says current inflation ‘very different’ to past episodes
Inflation is following a “whale curve” and the Fed should target the body, president says
Global spillovers not unique to US monetary policy – BoE paper
Fed and ECB both create spillovers through macroeconomic and financial channels
PBoC on hold as Fed signals steeper rate rises
Policy-makers face worsening pandemic, rising inflation and tighter global financial conditions
ECB sticks to plan of gradual policy normalisation
Lagarde says net asset purchases should finish in the third quarter of the year
South Korea and Singapore tighten monetary policy
Central banks revise inflation forecasts up and GDP down