ZURICH, March 19 (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank made the following statement after its policy review on Thursday: The ...

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 ...

Events in the Middle East have materially changed the near-term economic and financial outlook. Monetary policy expectations in futures markets have shifted markedly. Read more here.

Monetary Policy Summary, March 2026 At its meeting ending on 18 March 2026, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 3.75%. Conflict in the Middle East has caused ...

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 ...

In assessing the appropriate stance of monetary policy, the Committee will continue to monitor the implications of incoming information for the economic outlook. The Committee would be prepared to ...

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 ...

Christopher Sims, the John J. F. Sherrerd ’52 University Professor of Economics, Emeritus, and a Nobel laureate whose work ...

Michael Farr, chairman of FarrCrest Capital, raised questions about personal responsibility at the University of Delaware’s ...

FRANKFURT, March 19 (Reuters) - Following is the statement from the European Central Bank following its policy meeting. The Governing Council today decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates ...

Financial markets are betting that the Bank of Canada will hike interest rates three times this year, starting in July ...

At the beginning of 2026, QNB s baseline macroeconomic view for the United States remained broadly constructive. According to QNB ...