Central banks

The main reasons cited by central banks for holding gold are its long-term value, performance during a crisis and its role as an effective diversifier. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Rich countries plan to buy more gold despite record price

About 13% of advanced economies plan to increase their gold holdings in the next year, up from around 8% last year

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Panorama

Why have inflation forecasts been so wrong?

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) building is seen near the Limmat river in Zurich, Switzerland March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse//File Photo
Global Economy

The great central bank policy reversal kicks off

A grocery store in Schaumburg, Illinois, US. Photo: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg
Global Economy

Too soon to cry victory on inflation, OECD tells central banks

How much damage have central bankers done? A lot.
Bloomberg Special

How much damage have central bankers done? A lot.

FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks with David Westin, Anchor, Bloomberg Wall Street Week, during a meeting of the Economic Club of New York in New York City, U.S., October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Global Economy

Middle East throws central banks yet more unknowns

FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde speaks to the media following the Governing Council's monetary policy meeting at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, July 27, 2023. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
Global Economy

Global central banks begin policy shift as inflation cools

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Global Economy

Central banks can fend off financial turmoil and still fight inflation

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Bloomberg Special

What a new cold war means for central banks

Price tags are seen as a woman shops at a local market in Nice, France, June 7, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Global Economy

Central banks have yet to script final act of inflation fight as risks rise

A man wearing a protective face mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) walks past a screen displaying the world's markets indices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 17, 2020. Photo :Reuters
Global Economy

Asia stocks rise on hopes regional central banks hold steady on rates

Zombies are back! Here’s why that’s economic trouble
Global Economy

Zombies are back! Here’s why that’s economic trouble

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Global Economy

Central banks must enhance transparency to build trust