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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
Minutes of the Board’s discount rate meetings on February 9 and March 18, 2026
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, March 17–18, 2026
Luis de Guindos: Presentation of the ECB Annual Report 2025 to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament
Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)
Luis de Guindos: Interview with El País
Exchange of letters between the Governor and the Chancellor
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee is responsible for making decisions about Bank Rate.
Funded reinsurance transactions involving UK life insurers will face enhanced regulatory requirements under new proposals unveiled today...
Sources of Changes in Current Account Balances and Market Operations (Apr.)
Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (April 2026, full text)
Indicators for Core CPI
Statement by the Monetary Policy Board: Monetary Policy Decision
Release of Financial Stability Review – March 2026
Statement by the Monetary Policy Board: Monetary Policy Decision
Governor Tiff Macklem discusses the Monetary Policy Report and the key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the...
The Canadian economy is expected to grow at a moderate pace as it continues to adjust to US tariffs. Inflation has moved up due to higher...
The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at 2.25%, with the Bank Rate at 2.5% and the deposit rate at 2.20%.
2026-03-24 - Swiss balance of payments and international investment position
2026-03-19 - Monetary policy assessment of 19 March 2026
2026-03-17 - Publication of 2025 Annual Report
“The global risk environment has worsened over the past six months, as conflict in the Middle East threatens world energy supply”, says R...
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and the Minister of Finance have agreed changes to the MPC Charter that will provide more transparenc...
On Wednesday 29 April, Governor Dr Anna Breman spoke with a range of business owners, young professionals, and local leaders in Hamilton...
International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
Norges Bank’s Monetary and Financial Stability Committee decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 4% at its meeting on 25 March. The...
Governor Erik Thedéen wants the banks to be able to use their buffers more easily. This was one of the messages when he gave his views on...
The Riksdag decided yesterday to adopt the government’s proposal on “Development of the macroprudential policy area”, which includes chan...
On Tuesday, the entire Executive Board took part in an open hearing at the Committee on Finance about the Riksbank's operations in 2025,...
The year 2025 was marked by low inflation, which has held close to the Czech National Bank’s (CNB) inflation target for more than two yea...
At its meeting today, the CNB Bank Board kept interest rates unchanged. The two-week repo rate (2W repo rate) thus remains at 3.50%, the...
At its meeting on financial stability today, the Bank Board decided to leave the countercyclical capital buffer rate at 1.25%. ...
These circulars primarily address increased new limits for cross-border payments and investments by individuals in South Africa, as well...
The South African Reserve Bank published a consultation paper on discontinuing the prime lending rate (PLR) and designating the SARB poli...
Dr Loewald, who joined the South African Reserve Bank in 2011, is a member of the Monetary Policy Committee.