OANDA reports that global central banks are diverging in monetary policy, reflecting unique economic challenges and ...

It is widely believed that a recession can be avoided when inflation expectations remain anchored to the inflation target under a rule-based monetary policy ...

PRIOR to the central bank’s latest reduction in the policy rate from 5.75 per cent to 5.50 per cent, the Jamaica Observer ...

Surveys of professional economic forecasters and financial market data can reveal public perceptions about the future conduct of monetary policy. Current estimates suggest that both professional ...

Recent research has identified periods when the Federal Reserve intentionally acted to slow inflation when it exceeded desired levels. The success of these disinflation attempts reveals the extent of ...

At 15 percent, Brazil’s monetary policy interest rate (called Selic) is one of the highest among major economies. Yet in 2024, bank credit grew by 11.5 percent and corporate bond issuance rose by 30 ...

We study the two-way relationship between fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) and monetary policy in a panel of up to 35 countries over the last two decades. The dataset includes quarterly information on the ...