Growth
Rates round-up: RBA tightens policy 25bp
Plus rate increases in India, Israel, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica
IMF warns UK government as pound resumes fall
BoE’s Huw Pill signals need for “significant monetary policy response” to government spending plan
Norges Bank hikes rate by 50bp for third time in a row
Norwegian central bank revises inflation forecast up and future GDP estimate down
PBoC leaves key lending rates unchanged
Chinese central bank pauses monetary easing as yuan falls to two-year lows
Economy’s ‘first responders’ now in the line of fire
Forceful but late interventions to combat inflation raise the risk of central bank overreactions
Morocco’s Jouahri on inflation, forex reform, digitalisation and sustainability
The Central Bank of Morocco governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about Covid-19 policies, Fed tightening, BIS membership, regional co-operation and financial inclusion
Banknotes: July to September 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
IMF signs off on $1.3bn package for Zambia
Executive board urges Bank of Zambia to rebuild reserves and tackle bad debts
BoE’s planned procyclical capital hike bewilders banks
Some doubt regulator will go through with counter-cyclical buffer hike while forecasting recession
Supply-side pressures likely to persist – Carstens
Policy-makers “need to be realistic” about the feasibility of demand management, BIS chief says
Book notes: The money minders, by Jagjit S Chadha
This book acts as an invaluable primer on money-credit-fiscal theory and practice
Philippine central bank raises policy rates by 50bp
The BSP revises upwards average inflation for 2022 to 5.4% from 5%
Is money growth really the main inflation culprit?
Jakob de Haan and Jan-Egbert Sturm take a closer look at inflation in the eurozone and Switzerland
The PBoC, real estate debt and financial stability in China
Central bank policy-makers are restricted in terms of capacity and space by their efforts to manage the nation’s property bubble amid declining growth
RBI’s Patra envisages India as ‘economic superpower’
India has chance to achieve “escape velocity” from emerging market status, deputy says
Rates round-up: Argentina adds 950bp to main rate
Central banks in Argentina, Peru, Rwanda, Serbia and Uganda tighten policy
China cuts key interest rates as growth weakens
Analysts lower China’s annual GDP growth estimate to around 4%
PBoC vows not to flood economy with liquidity
Chinese central bank warns of rising structural inflation pressures
Thailand raises rates for first time since 2018
Bank of Thailand signals more “gradual and measured” rate increases to come
The case for restoring the role of monetary aggregates
Tim Congdon argues that a surge in money supply in response to Covid-19 sparked heightened inflation and central banks need to refocus their attention on monetary aggregates
BoE accelerates tightening as inflation expected to hit 13%
“Enormous” external shocks to blame for large changes in forecasts, officials say
Central Bank of Oman warns of climate risks to financial stability
Physical and transition risks identified in the oil-exporting country
RBA raises interest rate by another 50bp
Governor Philip Lowe says RBA aims to keep the economy on an even keel while bringing inflation back to target
Rates round-up: Latin American central banks battle persistent inflation
Colombian, Dominican and Nicaraguan central banks hike rates as inflation stays high