Tag: monetary policy

Near-zero rates not doing the trick? Try negative interest rates

Mar 25, 2024

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by

Lukas Pietilä

in World Events

Whilst most central banks in the world are flirting with cutting interest rates, last week the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised rates for the first time in 17 years – leaving its negative interest rate policy behind.
Frankfurt’s verdict – the Eurosystem’s economic outlook

Dec 20, 2023

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by

Lukas Pietilä

in Analysis

It’s that exciting time again – the ECB’s main decision-making body, its Governing Council, has set the key interest rates in the euro area. The European Central Bank’s president, Christine Lagarde, announced in a press release last week the Governing Council’s latest outlook for monetary conditions within the Eurosystem, strongly stating the direction of monetary…