Interest rates
Paraguay continues tightening with second 125bp hike
Inflation rises far above 4% target, reaching 7.6% in October
Weidmann clashes with Lagarde on policy outlook
Bundesbank president said policy may have to tighten just after Lagarde said it would likely stay loose
Final frontier? Japan after the Kuroda experiment
The Bank of Japan has pushed monetary easing close to its limit, yet inflation is barely above zero. What happens now?
Lagarde says ECB policy is likely to stay loose in 2022
ECB president says eurozone must not “rush into a premature tightening”
Swedish inflation rose further in October
CPIF increased year on year by 3.1% last month; Riksbank expected to reduce balance sheet
BCB independence and Brazil’s inflation battle
Formal autonomy should help shield central bank from political pressure linked to 2022 elections, but challenges remain
Peru central bank raises rates again
Fourth hike since August “does not necessarily imply a cycle of successive increases”
Uruguayan central bank orders third consecutive rate hike
Central bank expresses concern over salary rises and regional uncertainty
Fed and ECB officials point to different policy directions
US officials see a rate hike in 2022 as increasingly likely, while eurozone governors rule that out
Bank of Mexico proceeds with gradual tightening process
Central bank increases interest rate by 25 basis points to 5% on higher inflation
US records highest CPI inflation rise since 1990
NY Fed detects slight rise in short-term consumer inflation expectations as real wages fall
New York Fed opens new research centre
Marco Del Negro will lead work on research methods and issues in macroeconomics
Lane makes case that inflation surge is transitory
ECB chief economist stresses weak mid-term inflation dynamics in the eurozone
Fed warns of China debt risks
Financial Stability Report mainly optimistic about systemic health, including housing market
Central bank signals could be impacting natural rate – BIS paper
“Learning process” could explain decline in interest rates without drop in productivity, authors say
German tabloids ramp up personal attacks on Lagarde
ECB board member Isabel Schnabel says “inciting hatred” is “unacceptable”
US adds more than half a million jobs in October
Unemployment falls to 4.6% as labour market perks up again
Fed’s gradual tightening could be boon for some, says Armenian governor
Central Asia faces inflation caused by enormous liquidity injected by advanced economies, says Galstyan
Czech National Bank makes 125bp hike
Central bank promises aggressive action to resist “exceptionally strong price pressures”
BoE surprises with rate hold as inflation forecasts reach 5%
Market-implied path for interest rates rises to 1% by end-2022
Norges Bank aiming for December rate hike
Central bank projects somewhat steeper path of rate hikes among Norway’s trade partners
Fed pulls trigger on taper
Fed begins phasing out QE at initial rate of $15 billion per month
Time to stop handing out the pills: the great QE detox
We are facing a serious inflation threat that will test the resolve of central bankers, writes Jagjit Chadha. Central banks must reduce their reliance on QE. But how?
RBA drops yield curve control
Lowe acknowledges messy market conditions after yields broke free late last week