While investors eagerly await lower interest rates when the FOMC meets on March 17-18, the leading monetary policy rules ...

maintaining Bank Rate in restrictive territory so as to continue to squeeze out persistent inflationary pressures.

The calibration of monetary policy is particularly challenging at a time of large shocks. Interest rates in Hungary rose sharply in response a significant increase in inflation and depreciation in the ...

There is no question that the sentiment is shifting within the Federal Reserve for an easier monetary policy, in the coming months. Services and shelter inflation have finally started to cooperate ...

Central banks conduct monetary policy to achieve price stability, but decisions also have effects on labor-market outcomes. In this paper, we identify exogenous monetary shocks with the ‘interest rate ...

Monetary Policy Summary, March 2026 At its meeting ending on 18 March 2026, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 3.75%. Conflict in the Middle East has caused ...