ECB holds interest rates steady as energy shock drives inflation to 3.8%
The European Central Bank (ECB) keeps its key interest rates unchanged at 2.50%, 2.65% and 2.90%, despite inflation rising to…
US Fed maintains target range for federal funds rate at 3.75 to 4 percent
The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided on Wednesday to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate…
U.S. Fed raises target range for federal funds rate to 3.75 – 4 percent
The U.S. Federal Open Market Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate by 0.25 percentage…
ECB raises rates by 25 basis points amid persistent energy-driven inflation
The ECB is raising interest rates by 25 basis points as the Middle East conflict keeps energy prices high. Inflation…
ECB decides to raise its three key interest rates by 25 basis points
The Governing Council of the European Centrak Bank (ECB) is committed to setting monetary policy to ensure that inflation stabilises…
U.S. Federal Reserve maintains the target range for the federal funds rate
According to the U.S. Federal Reserve, recent indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace. Job…
ECB Governing Council keeps three key interest rates unchanged
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) kept its three key interest rates unchanged, reaffirming its commitment to…
Federal Reserve maintains target range for federal funds rate at 3.5 to 3.75 percent
According to the Federal Open Market Committee, recent indicators point to solid economic expansion. Job gains remain subdued, the unemployment…
U.S. Fed lowers policy rate amid rising downside risks to employment and elevated inflation
The Federal Reserve’s FOMC lowered the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 3.50–3.75 percent, citing increased downside risks…
U.S. Fed lowers target range for U.S. federal funds rate to 3.75 – 4 percent
According the the lastet U.S. Fed statement, available indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace.…
Bank of Russia lowers key interest rate to 17 percent: Statement by Governor Nabiullina
The Bank of Russia Board of Directors decided to cut the key rate by 100 basis points to 17.00% per annum. Underlying measures of current price growth have not changed significantly and generally remain…
ECB Governing Council keeps the three key Euro interest rates unchanged
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged.…
U.S. Federal Reserve maintains target range for federal funds rate at 4.25 to 4.5 percent
The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged at 4.25–4.5% amid signs of slowing economic activity in the first…
ECB Governing Council keeps the three key interest rates unchanged
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided on Thursday keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged.…
ECB survey: Corporate loan rates drop, inflation expectations ease
Euro area firms report falling interest rates on bank loans and steady financing conditions, according to the latest ECB survey.…
Central Bank of Russia keeps its key rate at 21% per annum
On 21 March 2025, the Bank of Russia Board of Directors decided to keep the key rate at 21.00% per annum while official inflation in February stood at…
Explainer: U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement on 19 March 2025
In its March 19, 2025 meeting, the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 17 -21 February 2025
We offer delayed access to the headlines of our Insight EU specialized monitoring emails, typically by several days. For real-time…
U.S. Fed lowers target range for the federal funds rate by 0.25 percentage point to 4.25 to 4.5%
The U.S. Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4…
ECB lowers the three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points
The ECB Governing Council today decided to lower the three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points. Accordingly, the…
U.S. Federal Reserve lowers target range for federal funds rate to 4.75 to 5 percent
In light of the progress on inflation and the balance of risks, the Committee decided to lower the target range…
U.S. Federal Reserve maintains target range for federal funds rate at 5.25 to 5.5 percent
In support of its goals, the Federal Reservce Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate.…
ECB Governing Council lowers the three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points
"Based on our updated assessment of the inflation outlook, the dynamics of underlying inflation and the strength of monetary policy…
ECB Governing Council keeps three key ECB interest rates unchanged
The ECB Governing Council today decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. Since the last Governing Council…
ECB Governing Council keeps three key interest rates unchanged
The interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit…
Inflation: EIOPA analyses impact on insurers and assesses future risks
How does the current inflationary environment impact insurers in Europe? The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published an…
European Central Bank raises interest rates by 0.25 percent-points to historic high
While inflation has been trending lower, it continues to persist at elevated levels. The ECB's primary aim is to bring…
Inflation dominates hearing of ECB President Lagarde in EP ECON Committee
The EP ECON Committee discussed the impact of inflation with the ECB President Christine Lagarde. MEPs from all sides of…
ESAs explain how inflation and interest rate rises might affect consumers’ finances
15/05/2023 The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) today published an interactive...
U.S. Fed issues statement of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
March 22, 2023 For release at 2:00 p.m. EDT Recent indicators point to modest growth...
ECB monetary policy decisions, statement, and outlook
Frankfurt am Main, 15 December 2022 The Governing Council today decided to raise the three...
Interest rates rise: U.S. Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
November 2, 2022 Recent indicators point to modest growth in spending and production. Job gains...
Medium-term price stability: ECB recalibrates targeted lending operations
27 October 2022 ECB recalibrates third series of targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO III) to...
IMF blog on Central Banks’ interest rate policy sync to tame inflation pressures
AUGUST 10, 2022 By Tobias Adrian and Fabio Natalucci During the pandemic, central banks in both advanced and...
ECB raises the three key interest rates by 50 basis points – reactions
Statement by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, and Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the...
Bruegel: What is the significance of the euro reaching parity with the dollar?
Brussels, 14 July 2022 The euro was last at parity with the dollar 20 years...
U.S. Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement on interest target range raise
June 15, 2022 For release at 2:00 p.m. EDT Overall economic activity appears to have...
Sanctions impact: Statement by Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina
Statement by Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina in follow-up to Board of Directors meeting on 18 March 2022 Good afternoon. Today, we have made...
EU Commission re-adopts decision and fines ICAP €6.45 million for facilitating several cartels in the Yen Interest Rate Derivatives trading market
The European Commission has re-adopted a cartel decision against ICAP for having breached EU antitrust...