Central banks should still be able to conduct monetary policy effectively and perhaps be even nimbler in a more decentralized ...

During the years of the pandemic, the central bank's policy rate was just 0.25% most of the time and never topped 1.75%. It is now at a 22-year high of 5.0%. Sign up here. At a time of higher ...

It is in this context that central bank digital currency (CBDC) should be evaluated. If designed appropriately, CBDCs could allow central banks to modernize payment systems and future-proof central ...

The European Central Bank raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point Thursday and signaled another hike to come next month, unmoved by evidence of a mild recession in the 20 ...

The European Central Bank raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point Thursday but hinted it could pause at its next meeting, as data points to a deepening economic downturn in the 20 ...

The independence of central banks is being challenged and they have come under more pressure lately than at any time in the past decade, the Bank of Thailand chief said, according to a speech ...

The Central Bank of Iraq has been ordered to pay some $13 million to an international engineering firm, in a dispute over the construction of its new headquarters in Baghdad. The International ...

This fintech note presents an analysis of the implications of central bank digital currency (CBDC) for monetary policy. In our framework, the implications of CBDC issuance on monetary policy are ...

A central bank is a financial institution responsible for the formulation of monetary policy and the regulation of member banks. It typically has privileged control over the production and ...

Turkey’s central bank raised its key interest rate Thursday, reversing a previous course of rate reductions as political conflict threatens to stymie the bank’s efforts to tame high inflation.

The European Central Bank’s reduction, the fifth consecutive cut since last summer, came a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates. By Eshe Nelson Reporting from London The ...

Swag Gift, which stands for “sealed with a gift,” opened on June 28 and was launched by two Western Washington University graduates, Danielle Starr and Renee Marr. Starr recently owned 4 ...