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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

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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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

The great central bank policy reversal kicks off

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

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

How much damage have central bankers done? A lot.

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

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 central banks begin policy shift as inflation cools

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Central banks can fend off financial turmoil and still fight inflation

Danger zone.Photographer: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images/Bloomberg

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

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

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

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

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

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Central banks must enhance transparency to build trust