Deflation
The challenges facing Christine Lagarde
New ECB chief needs to lead a successful review of the ECB’s monetary and communications policy
Tackling ‘dead-end’ monetary policy
Shift to lower inflation targets would help central banks escape forever-loose monetary policy, writes former IMF chief Jacques de Larosière
Trichet defends Draghi’s legacy against growing criticism
Former ECB president says unconventional monetary policy measures have helped to avoid deflation
30 years of central banking
Central banks face credibility tests on a number of fronts
ECB expected to cut rates and restart QE to boost inflation
But Draghi’s ambitious stimulus package faces growing opposition from governors in surplus countries
Overcoming deflation: Japan’s experience and challenges ahead
Haruhiko Kuroda explains how Japan’s long battle against deflation may offer insights for others
Four Gulf states cut rates following Fed decision
Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE have currencies pegged to US dollar
Central bank ‘put’ can harm market function – Kuroda
BoJ chief says easing measures are working, but central banks must be wary of side-effects
Putting modern monetary theory to the test
Sayuri Shirai asks whether MMT might hold the solution to Japan’s stagnation
Malaysia cuts rates as inflation and PMIs slide
South-east Asian country’s inflation has been lower than 1% for several months
The IFF China Report 2019
Insight and perspectives from the world's leaders, premier policy-makers and financiers
The IFF China Report 2019: Redesigning the international trading and monetary system
Reform of the financial system that brought about the 2007–08 financial crisis has not gone far enough and advanced and emerging market economies must find a more co-operative way forward to ensure globalisation can continue.
The turmoil test for emerging and advanced economies
Greater integration between advanced and emerging market economies during globalisation has made both more susceptible to risk of spillover – financial contagion and volatility. As the US continues to normalise its monetary policy, deputy governor of…
NBKR cuts rates as deflation bites
Broad-based drop in prices prompts 25bp rate cut
ECB prevented further eurozone deflation, BdF paper says
Researchers say inflation and GDP growth would have entered negative territory in 2015–17
Ageing population is deflationary – HKMA paper
Deflationary pressures “should not be ignored”, economist says
IMF concerned over Iceland’s inflation metrics
Inflation excluding housing near 60-year low for 2017, IMF reports
Japan does not need more large-scale stimulus to avoid deflation – Kuroda
Below-target inflation still requires ultra-low interest rates and asset purchases
ECB’s normalisation could spell trouble for Italy’s bond market
Rome’s budget row with Brussels escalates just as QE is about to halt
BoJ’s Kuroda in line for second term
Haruhiko Kuroda looks set to be the first governor to be reappointed in over 50 years
Deflation tends to de-anchor expectations – BIS paper
Deflationary episodes seem to render expectations lower and more backward-looking
Bank of Zambia to revamp ‘outdated’ supervisory framework
IMF praises the central bank’s efforts to inspect banking sector
Czech exchange rate floor helped fight deflation – IMF paper
Range of methods imply exchange rate floor was effective measure
BoE paper warns escape from secular stagnation may ‘beggar thy self’
Authors outline an unappealing situation where escaping secular stagnation harms domestic welfare