Inflation targeting
Is the ECB taking the right policy path?
Facing an energy supply shock, analysts ponder whether sharp rate increases and QT alone will serve to bring inflation back to target while avoiding a major recession
ADB gives crisis-hit Pakistan $1.5 billion loan
Asian Development Bank extends aid as extensive floods add to major economic problems
Turkish central bank cuts rate 150bp
MPC may be close to ending cuts as inflation continues soaring
Hungary makes emergency intervention to defend forint
Action comes after the central bank said it would cease rate rises
US CPI inflation remains high
Headline reading falls slightly, while core inflation continues to rise
Chilean board makes 11th hike, but says cycle may be over
Central bank leaders say “rate has reached its maximum level of the cycle”
New Zealand central bank suggests change to mandate
RBNZ says mandate could prioritise price stability and drop housing requirement
Four more African central banks raise rates
Ghana raises policy rate to highest level since 2017, plus hikes in Uganda, Sierra Leone and Tunisia
Colombian president criticises central bank’s rate increases
Finance minister argues tighter policy could bring recession without reducing inflation
Iceland’s MPC carries out ninth consecutive rate rise
Central bank slows tightening cycle amid signs inflation may be on downward path
Ukraine: the challenges for central banks
Rules on the weaponisation of money would help to protect a ‘public good’ amid geopolitical splits in a testing environment for central banks, write Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large
Finance minister becomes new Guatemala governor
Gónzalez replaces Recinos, who had led the Bank of Guatemala for seven years
Colombia orders ninth consecutive rate increase
Inflation rises above central bank projections as finance minister expresses frustration
Four African central banks take policy decisions
Morocco and BEAC increase rates and Tanzania reduces liquidity while Angola cuts policy rate
Nigerian MPC raises rates as inflation reaches highest level since 2005
Governor says inflation is gathering pace and next year’s election is increasing sovereign risk
Controversial nominee joins Paraguayan board
Central bank continues tightening process with fourteenth straight hike as inflation slows
Inflation: what went wrong, and why?
Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan detail three theories on the causes of high inflation, as well as their implications for policy responses
Guatemalan central bank orders 25bp hike
Central bank raises rates to highest level since 2017
Central Bank of Brazil pauses tightening cycle
Latin America’s leading central bank says holding rates may be enough to reach inflation target
Mongolia makes 200bp hike
Central bank has doubled rates since start of year
West Africa central bank orders second rate rise of 2022
MPC says drought, unrest and global commodities shocks are driving up inflation
Costa Rica continues tightening with 100bp increase
Central bank cites concerns about rising inflation expectations and second-round effects
US CPI inflation falls modestly
New York Fed reports “steep declines” in inflation expectations, but core CPI ticks up
Bank of Canada critic becomes leader of the opposition
Pierre Poilievre said in May he would fire governor for failing to contain inflation