Both fiscal and monetary policy are tools used to keep the U.S. economy healthy. Both can affect your personal economy. But that’s where the similarities end. There’s actually a big difference between ...

Monetary policy might sound abstract, but you see its effect every day in rates, credit conditions, and market swings. When the central bank shifts its stance, client behavior often changes with it.

Financial markets are expected to experience a turbulent start in 2026 before turning positive. A significant market downturn ...

The ongoing feud between President Trump and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell centers on interest rates. This tells us more about the near-universal view of what constitutes monetary policy than it does ...

Discover non-standard monetary policies, those beyond traditional methods, and their role in economic recovery; see examples like quantitative easing and negative rates.

The Federal Reserve's policy framework is in flux, with credibility eroding after 4.5 years of missing its 2% inflation target. Current rate-cutting bias persists despite persistent inflation ...

Monetary policy has been relentlessly focused on ways to increase the flow of credit to the productive sectors of the economy. Against the backdrop of a resilient economy and low inflation, keeping ...

In its December monetary policy, the six-member Monetary Policy Committee reduced the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 ...

Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve, received the 2025 Adam Smith Award for exemplary leadership and navigating complex monetary policy challenges. Powell reiterated the Fed's data-driven ...

Why are central banks looking at blockchains? Central banks are tiptoeing into the world of blockchain not because it is fashionable but because every part of the money-making machine, from settlement ...

Good afternoon. Thank you for the kind introduction. I am delighted to be in Dublin again and speaking to all of you. Thank you very much for having me. I was last here in February 2020. We were on ...

At 15 percent, Brazil’s monetary policy interest rate (called Selic) is one of the highest among major economies. Yet in 2024, bank credit grew by 11.5 percent and corporate bond issuance rose by 30 ...