The Latest Breaking News from Monetary Policy

Split in Bank of England votes muddies waters as to direction of monetary policy in coming months

China on Wednesday eased key monetary policy tools in a bid to boost its ailing economy as it struggles with the effects of weak consumption and the trade war with the United States.

According to the president, the U.S. economy will begin to slow down unless the Fed “lowers interest rates, NOW.”

Megan Greene was speaking weeks ahead of the Bank’s next monetary policy meeting, where it is expected to cut interest rates.

Nearly every country in the world has a central bank – a public institution that manages a country’s currency and its monetary policy. And these banks have an extraordinary amount of power. By controlling the flow of money and credit in a country, they can affect economic growth, inflation, employment…

Markets would likely be very spooked if the president could choose to influence monetary policy.

Jerome Powell, Tom Barkin, Jeff Schmid, and Lorie Logan have said they’ll wait for data before axing the interest rate—not what President Trump wants.

As President Trump’s tariffs took effect, the fund manager famous for her aggressive bets on Tesla is calling for a coordinated fiscal and monetary policy stimulus to restore flagging market confidence.

Reserve Bank lowers growth forecast after economists estimate US tariffs could shave 20-40 basis points off growth in world’s fifth-largest economy this year

The Monetary Policy Committee lowered rates to 4.5 per cent in February but experts believe they could go below four per cent this year

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Friday rose by +1.06%. The dollar on Friday recovered from early losses and rallied moderately, rebounding from Thursday’s 6-month low. Short covering emerged in the dollar Friday after US March payrolls rose more than expected, a hawkish factor for Fed policy. The dollar added to...