THE “severity” and “persistence” of oil price shocks will shape the central bank’s monetary policy decisions in the next few ...

While investors eagerly await lower interest rates when the FOMC meets on March 17-18, the leading monetary policy rules suggest holding steady is the right approach. Read more ...

Central banks in late 2021 kicked off the steepest and most coordinated series of interest rate hikes in four decades to contain the postpandemic inflation outbreak (see Chart 1). Many economists ...

Central bankers are tapping nontraditional data sources for a more complete picture of the economy In the spring of 2020, the Federal Reserve faced a challenge: The COVID-19 pandemic was upending ...

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may increase the benchmark interest rates if oil prices continue to rise, Finance ...

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) delivered yet another measured response to the economy’s persistent weakness on February 19, 2026, trimming its key rate by 25 basis points to 4.25 percent. With ...

This data series is part of the Center for Monetary Research. The U.S. Monetary Policy Event-Study Database (USMPD) collects high-frequency changes of interest rates and asset prices around Federal ...

THE ongoing war in the Middle East has been a severe disruption to the entire world, and has been particularly difficult for the Philippines. Not only have we experienced the shock of surging energy ...

BNP Paribas is signaling a notable shift in the Federal Reserve’s policy trajectory, suggesting the central bank is moving toward a more balanced, two-sided stance following its March meeting.

Federal regulators issued proposals Thursday to implement the final elements of the Basel III accords, adjust the global systemically important bank surcharge and implement standardized approaches for ...

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's bank regulators are set to formally unveil softened new draft ...