The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

The 2020 global pandemic caused interest rates to fall to historical lows as the U.S. and other worldwide central banks provided an unprecedented liquidity tidal wave. The tsunami of government stimulus only increased the money supply and planted inflationary seeds that bloomed and caused the hawkish response since March 2022.…

Interest rates in the European Union will need to stay high “as long as necessary” to slow still-high inflation, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, said Friday

London shares today resumed trading with the benefit of a strong handover from overseas markets.

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The annual meeting (24-26 August) hosted by the US Federal Reserve will be closely watched, especially Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Friday. While the policy of raising interest rates to lower inflation is no longer in doubt, observers will be watching out for clues as to when the US…

Turkey’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by an aggressive 7.5 percentage points, in a new sign of a return to more traditional economic policies

Experts surveyed by Reuters expect inflation to continue falling in fourth quarter

Analysts say Jerome Powell unlikely to suggest ‘mission accomplished’ in address to central banking summit

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