Assets like gold and crypto were big winners in the first half of 2025, but remain powerful portfolio diversifiers despite ...

WAEMU states collectively raised nearly 7,000 billion CFA francs in the first half of 2025, a record amount driven by increased financing needs, the return of long-term bonds, and an improved ...

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Media OutReach Newswire - 7 July 2025 - This Wednesday, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will announce its policy rate decision. While most analysts expect Malaysia's central bank ...

Financial markets—specifically derivatives—contain information about the range of probable future short-term interest rates.

Monetarists have long believed that the Fed should pursue policies of low inflation in order to counter the effects of lower ...

Today, all major central banks pay or collect interest on reserves, and stand ready to use the interest rate as an instrument of monetary policy. We show that by paying an appropriate rate on reserves ...

We document large, longer-term, joint regime shifts in asset valuations and the real federal funds rate-r* spread. To interpret these findings, we estimate a novel macro-finance model of monetary ...

Financial coercion gives U.S. policymakers a powerful, low-cost lever, but each time the dollar is weaponized, it also ...

ECB Forum in Sintra, global central bankers tackled how monetary policy must adapt to rising geopolitical tensions and ...

The monetary policy must be targeted and proactive to help improve economic structure, and be front-loaded and forward-looking to stay ahead of the market curve. The second is flexibility. The pace, ...

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the engines that drive economic development. However, they face inferior conditions and challenges when it comes to their access to broad financing channels.

A new law would let both public agencies and private businesses choose to accept precious metals in exchange for goods, ...