Given the recent surge in inflation and the resulting sharp monetary tightening, this note asks whether bank profits are exposed to inflation. While most banks tend to match income and expense ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday President Donald Trump’s calls for lower interest rates won’t lead the ...

The Federal Reserve doesn't need to hurry to adjust its rate further now that its policy stance is significantly less ...

The Reserve Bank of India announced a 25 basis point cut in the repo rate, now at 6.25%, the first reduction in five years.

Sri Lanka's central bank has excluded excess reserves from the reported monetary base, due to a definition in an ...

Inflation targeting is a method used by central banks to maintain stable prices by aiming for a specific inflation rate, typically between 2% and 3% annually in many developed nations. The key concept ...

Central bank policymakers, in a unanimous decision, paused monetary easing while noting that inflation remains above their 2% target.

This problem, which is by no means confined to dollarized economies, brings into question the policy of monetary targeting as opposed to, for example, relying on a wider set of indicators. Although ...

The US Federal Reserve announced Friday its monetary policy meeting schedule for 2025 and 2026. Next year, the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) two-day meetings will conclude Jan. 29 ...

In Japan, interest rates are set by the Bank of Japan's Policy Board in its Monetary Policy Meetings. The BoJ's official interest rate is the discount rate. Monetary Policy Meetings produce a ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Economists are split on whether Singapore's central bank will loosen monetary policy this week or leave its settings unchanged to wait to see what policies U.S. President ...