When it comes to influencing macroeconomic outcomes, governments have typically relied on one of two primary courses of action: fiscal policy or monetary policy. Monetary policy involves the ...

The Central Bank of Congo reduced its policy rate from 25% to 17.5% and the marginal lending rate from 30% to 21.5% to ease credit. The move follows lower inflation at 7.8% and a stronger franc at ...

Federal Reserve Gov. Stephen Miran sidestepped whether policy setting pressure from the administration is a welcomed ...

Mr Conway emphasised that in normal times, monetary and fiscal policies can pursue their respective objectives, while maintaining economic stability. But in a crisis, the objectives of monetary and ...

The Federal Reserve's new approach to monetary policy should help the central bank influence the economy at a time when interest rates and inflation are low, but policymakers need to study how low ...

Journal Editorial Report: The Fed Chief signals rate cuts are coming. As we saw during the Covid pandemic, lab-created experiments can wreak havoc when they escape their confines. Once released, they ...

The Bank of Japan's monetary policy can play a bigger role in helping to alleviate the pain caused by structural changes to the economy brought about by COVID-19, its board member Seiji Adachi said on ...

Egypt made its fourth interest-rate cut of the year, taking advantage of a stronger currency and inflation that’s at its ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave no indication of future interest rate cuts during a keynote address at the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce economic outlook luncheon in Warwick on ...