Central banks balance different factors when raising rates – or not – including inflation and the labour market. But what other countries are doing also has an effect.
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The bank’s review into its failure to predict the inflation surge misses a second equally important blunder a few months later.
News of a soft landing may be premature.
A swift intervention by the US Federal Reserve has kept most banks on their feet, but September/October is often the time when financial crises come to a head.
The world’s central banks face a range of dilemmas, not least whether high inflation – and therefore high interest rates – will become permanent.
We hear a lot about the negative impact of rate rises on mortgage repayments while little is made of the benefits of high interest rates.
Recent interest rate hikes are not just a problem for mortgage borrowers, many companies are suffering too.
With an inflation rate peaking at just 4.4%, Japan seems to be getting something right about managing economic pressures. How does it do this, and should New Zealand revisit its own strategies?
Why it’s time to reconsider an idea that was popular with economists during the great depression.
The Bank of England has just raised rates for the 14th time in a row to 5.25%.
Specific savings goals can help increase your pot – but so can advice and confidence with numbers.
Interest rate rises have an uneven effect depending on your savings, living conditions and stage of life.
Almost two-thirds of low-income countries are at risk of debt distress – in part because of higher borrowing costs. And that isn’t the only problem.
Many Canadians are puzzled by food prices remaining high despite the Bank of Canada’s efforts to curb inflation. If interest rate policies aren’t bringing food prices down, then what will?
The government has announced who Philip Lowe's successor is, deputy governor Michele Bullock - She will be the first woman to hold the position.
Although she has been with the bank four decades, the past two have been in areas remote from the setting of interest rates, meaning she won’t feel compelled to defend the mistakes of the past.
An economist explains what the Bank of Canada’s interest rate hike to five per cent means for Canadians.
Australian home borrowers are experiencing much, much more interest rate pain than borrowers in New Zealand, Canada, the UK or US – for one simple reason.
Tax cuts could help reduce inflation without destabilising the banking sector and piling the pressure on mortgage holders
Even if your bill is falling, though, this may bring no sudden relief due to continued high inflation and interest rates.
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