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The bank signalled that it was likely done with hiking rates in the near-term, having lifted the policy rate by 150 basis points at its last meeting in November
OECD said price gains will peak at the turn of the year as demand stabilizes, supply bottlenecks fade and people return to the labor force
Turkey's decision to slash 4 percentage points off borrowing rates since September has rattled markets
Ensuring CBDCs are legally recognised as a form of payment alongside banknotes and coins could give the new form of money an edge over other types of electronic payments
Central banks reducing emergency stimulus and further supply chain disruption are among the top risks next year
The lira fell as much as 1.1% to a new record
Christina Parajon Skinner, an assistant professor at the Wharton School and former legal counsel at the Bank of England, probe the question.
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Withdrawing stimulus too slowly risks inflating real estate further and worsening financial stability concerns in the longer term
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It is an article of faith among central bankers that the decisions they make about how much money to create and what interest rate to charge for it will determine the rate of inflation - at least over moderate lengths of time.
Fears about inflation and uncontrolled rises in long-term yields, a risk not flagged by participants at all in last year's Annual Reserve Manager Survey, were raised by 57% of respondents this year
Two months of sharply rising prices have raised concerns that record-high government financial aid and the Federal Reserve's ultra-low interest rate policies have elevated the risk of inflation
Around 21 per cent of the central banks around the globe intend to increase their gold reserves over the next 12 months: survey
"Personally, I can't think of any new tool to directly push up prices. If there were one, we would have deployed it already," Adachi said
The lira weakened about 3 per cent early Wednesday
Turkey's central bank is banning the use of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin in payments for goods and services
China's central bank pumped cash into the financial system through open market operations