Interest rates
Armenia raises policy rate by 50bp
Fleeing Russians are helping to drive inflation, central bank says
Dominican Republic signals possible end to hikes
Board orders 25bp rise but says policy rate has reached “appropriate level”
Egypt raises policy rate and floats currency
Central bank decisions come as IMF signs preliminary deal for further $3 billion loan
Eurozone inflation reaches new record of 10.7%
Energy is main driver, but inflation is rising in all sectors, Eurostat figures show
Colombian central bank increases rates to 11%
Food inflation and demand are stronger than in other Latin American countries, governor says
Brazil’s central bank holds rates and warns of fiscal problems
BCB leaves Selic rate at 13.75%, stressing lower inflation is partly due to subsidies
Costa Rican board says it will slow rate rises
Central bank orders 50bp increase, but says cycle will continue at “lesser rhythm”
ECB increases rates by 75bp for second consecutive time
Governing council tightens TLTRO III rates and lowers reserve remuneration
Bank of Canada makes smaller-than-expected rate rise
Macklem says central bank is “getting closer” to end of increases, “but we are not there yet”
Some Latin American central banks pause tightening cycle
Paraguay second to hold rates after Brazil, as Peru and Chile signal they may do the same
Christopher Sims on modelling the inflation surge
Unprecedented series of shocks creates major challenges for central bank forecasters, the Nobel Prize-winning economist tells Daniel Hinge
Credit is tightening for eurozone firms and households, says ECB
Loan demand from firms increased but fell from households, survey finds
Belarus’s governor predicts inflation will fall
Government imposed price controls after sanctions helped push inflation into double digits
Pandemic and Ukraine have altered Europe’s inflation dynamics – IMF
Fund stresses policy-makers face tough trade-offs from high inflation and recession risks
Monetary Policy Benchmarks 2022 – presentation
Central Banking’s economics subject matter specialist Daniel Hinge discusses monetary policy after Covid-19
Norges Bank does not expect wage-price spiral, governor says
Wage moderation allows central bank to strike balance between inflation and employment
Argentina holds rates for first time this year
Central bank says core inflation decelerating, but official figures show headline figure rising
Turkish central bank cuts rate 150bp
MPC may be close to ending cuts as inflation continues soaring
PBoC keeps key lending rates steady
Central bank stays put amid China’s Communist Party congress
Bank Indonesia delivers another 50bp rate rise
Governor Perry Warjiyo describes the rate hike as a pre-emptive move
Nominal interest rates strongly affect savings – ECB paper
Simple models based on real rates do not accord with eurozone data, researchers find
Demand for cash in turbulent times
Antti Heinonen analyses trends in cash use as Covid fades, but new shocks take its place
Hungary makes emergency intervention to defend forint
Action comes after the central bank said it would cease rate rises
BoK governor highlights difficulty in forward guidance
Rhee Chang-yong says he may reassess forward guidance amid exchange rate pressure