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Inflation offers route to unconventional policy exit
Asset purchases and negative rates can be reversed, but Fed/ECB policy divergence raises major risks
Costa Rica makes largest hike since 2010
Central bank predicts that inflation will not reach its target range until 2024.
Kazakhstan orders 50bp rate rise
Unlike neighbours, Kazakhstan continues tightening with eight hikes since last July
Sarb orders largest rate rise since 2002
MPC orders 75bp increase as currency weakens and inflation surges
Uzbekistan lowers key rate by 100bp
Central Asian country follows Russia in reversing rate increases from start of invasion of Ukraine
Myanmar orders halt to foreign debt payments
Authorities order wider range of partly foreign-owned companies to sell FX to central bank
Bank of Uganda raises rates 100bp at unscheduled meeting
Move is second increase in as many months as governor’s post remains unfilled
Uruguay continues ‘contractionary’ monetary policy
Eighth consecutive rate hike is smallest since last November
Bank of Israel orders biggest rate rise since 2011
Central bank continues “monetary contraction” as Israel faces fifth election since 2019
Colombia announces largest-ever rate increase
Central bank orders 150bp rise, while president-elect announces next finance minister
Williams also expects US to avoid recession this year
Unemployment will likely rise to 4% as growth slows due to tightening process, says NY Fed head
Book notes: Two hundred years of muddling through, by Duncan Weldon
Insights into UK economic history offer lessons for today’s policy-makers
Atlanta Fed revises growth estimate downward
This quarter has the possibility of officially beginning a US recession
Peter Nicholl on rebuilding Bosnia’s central bank
The former RBNZ deputy governor speaks with Dan Hardie about how he tackled financial instability in the aftermath of a war
Bank of Korea raises policy rate again
Policy-makers expect high inflation for rest of year
Tackling private-sector debt in the wake of the pandemic
Navigating Covid-19 debt is more of a challenge amid gathered storms of inflation and war, write Roong Mallikamas and Benjamin Weigert
Rates round-up: South Africa, Philippines and Egypt hike
Emerging markets tighten policy amid unrelenting inflation
HKMA defends currency on foreign exchange markets
First interventions since 2019 come as Hong Kong central bank props up dollar peg
Malaysian central bank makes surprise rate rise
Pre-emptive decision designed to stave off inflation
Romania meets inflation spike with rate hike
Central bank adds 75bp to policy rate as inflation passes 10% mark and economy sputters
Polish central bank hikes rates 75bp
Inflation at highest levels for 24 years as governor faces opposition over second term
BoE raises rate to 1% as recession risks mount
Inflation expected to climb above 10% and GDP growth to drop to around zero
Icelandic central bank implements largest rate hike since 2008
Despite 100bp rate hike, policy-makers signal more tightening will be needed in coming months
South Korean inflation climbs to 13-year high
Central bank concerned about record price rises