Central banks

Central banks and the looming financial reckoning
Thoughts

Central banks and the looming financial reckoning

Across the advanced economies, central banks have rightly prioritized maintaining financial stability and supporting the real economy over fighting inflation with interest-rate hikes. But with...

Pound and US dollar bills are seen in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Global Economy

New money: Central banks lay out operating manual for digital cash

Ann Pettifor. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Reclaiming central banks

FILE PHOTO: Brazilian Real and U.S. dollar notes are pictured at a currency exchange office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this September 10, 2015 photo illustration. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Global Economy

For most emerging market central banks, the only way is up

FILE PHOTO: The skyline with its banking district and the European Central Bank (ECB) are seen, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, in Frankfurt, Germany, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Bloomberg Special

Central banks face new balancing act with their huge asset piles

Motorcyclists in Jakarta, on May 12. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg
Analysis

Central banks running out of options as recovery falters in Asia

Boris Roessler/picture alliance via Getty Images/Project Syndicate
Analysis

Central banks’ green goals are raising red flags

Dividers are seen inside a trading post on the trading floor as preparations are made for the return to trading at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
World+Biz

World stocks' dance to continue, but inflation could mute the music: Reuters poll

Pedestrians wearing protective face masks, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walk past a show window of a department store in Tokyo, Japan, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Global Economy

Rate cut bets melt as vaccines boost economy hopes

Photo: Howard Davies
Thoughts

Central Banking’s Next Act

A return to more normal times? Photo: Bloomberg/Jonathan Perugia
Thoughts

Central bank reserves can't be taken for granted

Investors aren’t worried... for now. Photo: bloomberg
Global Economy

The weird and not-so-wonderful world of Asian QE

The Charging Bull or Wall Street Bull is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, January 16, 2019/ Reuters
Global Economy

$15 trillion and counting: Global stimulus so far