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Has the European Central Bank become too powerful?
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China and Russia compete for Central Asia’s favour
Central Asia’s top brass is on tour. On May 9th presidents of the region’s former Soviet republics were in Moscow,…
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Coordinated central bank action follows the Credit Suisse-UBS merger
Global financial stress accelerated over the weekend, requiring coordinated action by central banks to stem dollar funding pressures in…
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Credit Suisse to borrow $53.7 billion from Swiss central bank
Switzerland’s central bank put forward $53.7 billion in liquidity on Wednesday to prevent a probable collapse of Credit Suisse,…
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Why central banks are stockpiling gold
In 1968 the London Bullion Market closed for two weeks. The world’s largest precious-metal market had run out of gold,…
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Are we entering an era of central bank intervention in currency markets?
Over the past week, the Bank of Japan has conducted what Is known as a rate check, or a formal…
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Central bankers set the stage for 2022 rate hikes
The Bank of Canada kept its policy rate at 0.25% at its December meeting on Wednesday as it prepares the…
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Central bankers worry that a new era of high inflation is beginning
In august 2020 Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, described a shift in the central bank’s policy framework.…
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Nations Lending taps VP to lead teams across Central region
“Nations is a great fit for what I want in a workplace. The culture and size make me feel like…
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Should central banks’ inflation targets be raised?
When new zealand’s parliament decided in December 1989 on a 2% inflation target for the country’s central bank, none of…
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