The ongoing feud between President Trump and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell centers on interest rates. This tells us more about the near-universal view of what constitutes monetary policy than it does ...

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday reduced the policy rate by 50 basis points to support sustainable economic growth, delivering a surprise to markets and marking a move that diverged from the ...

US Fed officials are becoming a bit more divided on interest rate policy. The US Treasury 2-year bond yield, which most closely tracks Fed interest rate expectations, settled at 3.75% on June 24.

Discover how the monetary conditions index (MCI), which was developed by the Bank of Canada, evaluates economic conditions using interest and exchange rates.

In the foreign exchange market, few forces are as consistently powerful as central bank policy. While short-term price movements may be driven by headlines, sentiment, or technical flows, long-term ...

Trade and industry have all along been protesting against the monetary policy stance. The recent reduction in the policy rate appears a step of keeping coordination with the international banking ...

The Fed remains committed to its dual mandate of maximum employment and stable prices, with no imminent rate cuts due to persistent inflation risks. Tariffs are expected to push inflation higher in ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams discussed the history of the natural rate of interest, metrics to measure it, and how this ...

Discover how the European Monetary System (EMS) stabilized currencies and laid the groundwork for the euro, creating economic unity in Europe from 1979 onwards.

OP-ED. Olivier Garnier, the chief economist at the Banque de France, argues in an op-ed for Le Monde that central banks have ...

The 302nd meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), held on September 22 and 23, represents a pivotal moment in the country’s evolving monetary policy stance.

Our eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats. Algeria is actively pursuing reforms to modernize its monetary policy framework, with a focus on enhancing the role of interest ...