Central Banks

The world's major central bankers have acknowledged that inflation, which has skyrocketed in many advanced economies this year, could remain high for some time - and that while they still expect it to rise. As ...

The Czech National Bank is seen in the center of Prague, Czech Republic, August 3, 2017. REUTERS / David W CernyLargest increase since 1997, stronger than expected 50 basis pointsThe bank worries about inflatio...

This article explores how central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could promote financial inclusion in the Pacific Islands. The Pacific includes countries "among the most remote and geographically dispersed...

FILE PHOTO: Men are pictured as the Taliban-controlled central bank in Afghanistan seizes large amounts of cash and gold from former senior government officials, including former Vice President Amr...

Christine Lagarde distanced the European Central Bank from the trend of tightening monetary policy by many other central banks, promising not to "overreact to transient supply shocks ”leading to higher ...

New York, NY, September 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - The Fantom Foundation has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with OJSC Orienbank, one of Tajikistan's largest banks, to test a hybrid...

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Central banks were instrumental in creating the 2008 financial crisis through policy making. Bitcoin was one of the solutions to the problem, however. Bitcoin can destroy a financial system in which t...

Earlier this month, Benoit Coeure, a well-known central bank policy maker, sounded the alarm bells for central banks to act now on the minting of their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). In a speech, ...

Despite the introduction of price controls in early August, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices rose 2.3% in the first half of September compared to the second half of August, analysts telling BNam...