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  • Monday, 26 February, 2024
    Markets InsightJohn Plender
    Spiralling US public debt risks action from bond vigilantes

    Policymakers should start making contingency plans now

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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Deutsche Bundesbank
    Bundesbank burns through more than €20bn to cover huge losses

    German central bank uses up €19.2bn of provisions it built up to cover financial risks to absorb deficit

    A car drives out of the Bundesbank’s headquarters in Frankfurt
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    LexHelen Thomas
    The Lex Newsletter: Banks’ balance sheet wheeze raises regulatory questions Premium content

    Idea of lenders structuring and securitising their way to lower capital requirements sets off alarm bells

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  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    European Central Bank
    ECB makes first loss since 2004 due to higher interest costs

    Policymakers will carry forward €1.3bn annual deficit to offset against future profits for first time in its history

    The ECB building in Frankfurt
  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    Markets InsightDavid Bholat
    Britcoin needs a bolder vision

    Proposed design for digital pound makes it a product without an obvious market

    Montage of Bank of England and £1 coin with binary numbers in the background
  • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    What caused the great inflation? Premium content

    An international comparison unmasks the culprits and has a sting in the tail

    Vladimir Putin examines some tomatoes on the vine
  • Sunday, 18 February, 2024
    South African economy
    South Africa central bank chief signals caution on rate cuts

    Lesetja Kganyago says inflation still poses risk even as other emerging markets start to loosen policy

    South African Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Claudia Sahm
    The Fed is needlessly delaying rate cuts

    By dragging its feet, the central bank risks harming both financial markets and the economy

    The US Federal Reserve wants more data before making any rate cuts
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Will wage growth keep inflation too high? Premium content

    There is little sign of a wage price spiral in the US or eurozone, but the UK is on the edge

    Workers take part in a strike in Mainz, Germany
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    Explainer
    How low will rates go? The hunt for the elusive ‘neutral’ level

    Economists debate whether the real interest rate seen as key to balancing economies has risen from pre-Covid lows

  • Sunday, 11 February, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Turkey should shore up investor faith in new orthodoxy

    Finance minister Mehmet Şimşek has emerged as a key source of stability

    Mehmet Simsek wearing glasses and a suit looks up while straightening his tie
  • Saturday, 10 February, 2024
    Eurozone interest rates
    Italy central bank chief says time for interest rate cuts is ‘fast approaching’

    Fabio Panetta says eurozone inflation is falling faster than expected

  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Markets InsightDavid Zervos
    The Fed put is back — and in a stronger, more flexible form

    What matters now is what central banks can do rather than what they will do

  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Soumaya Keynes
    Is recent emerging market success down to effort or luck?

    Rising central bank credibility deserves some credit, but the recent shock differs from earlier ones in important ways

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  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    Turkey
    Turkey central bank chief warns of new short-term price pressures

    Fatih Karahan says some of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s policies are complicating task of taming inflation

    Fatih Karahan
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    Markets InsightTej Parikh
    We are too obsessed with monetary policy

    This cycle reiterates that interest rates are a blunt tool to guide the economy

    Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank and Fed chair Jay Powell
  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
    Turkish economy
    Turkey’s sovereign wealth fund draws strong demand at debut bond sale

    Issuance comes days after departure of central bank chief who had taken hawkish approach to high inflation

    Hafize Gaye Erkan with flag of Turkey in background
  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
    Harriett Baldwin
    Bank of England’s quantitative tightening is a leap in the dark

    Lack of evidence or international example makes it hard to predict the outcome of the decision to sell gilts

    Dusk view looking up at the Bank of England facade
  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
    Economists Exchange
    Isabel Schnabel: ‘The last mile of disinflation may be the most difficult one’

    The ECB board member on combating price rises, the effect of climate change on costs and the importance of money supply

  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
    UK quantitative easing
    MPs sound alarm over fiscal cost of unwinding quantitative easing

    Potential losses on BoE bond-buying could have impact on public spending, says Treasury committee

    People walk outside the Bank of England
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    UK interest rates
    BoE policymaker warns of ‘downside risks’ for UK economy

    Swati Dhingra tells Financial Times the Monetary Policy Committee should cut rates immediately

    Swati Dhingra
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Dhingra urges BoE not to take a risk with the UK economy Premium content

    Dovish rate setter says inflation has been tamed and now is the time to cut interest rates

    Swati Dhingra
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    Bank of England
    BoE official sees interest rate cuts ahead as ‘reward’ for lower inflation

    Chief economist Huw Pill says underlying price growth does not need to fall to 2% for easing of policy

    Person walks by the Bank of England offices
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    ExplainerTurkish economy
    Turkey’s central bank expected to stay course after leadership shake-up

    Respected economist Fatih Karahan takes reins after Hafize Gaye Erkan’s sudden exit

    Hafize Gaye Erkan
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    LexTurkish economy
    Turkey still must shake off its inflation addiction Premium content

    A target of low double-digit percentage price growth will do

    Hafize Gaye Erkan
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