Monetary Policy
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China’s Central Bank Faces Tricky Balance to Support Liquidity
By Thomas Hale
January 3, 2021, Financial Times
The People’s Bank of China has taken steps to ease financial conditions after interbank rates doubled in the second half of the …
Fed Reinforces Plans to Provide Open-Ended Stimulus to Spur Recovery
By Nick Timiraos
December 17, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
Federal Reserve officials put the final touches Wednesday on a monthslong effort to clarify their plans to support the economy …
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Move to negative rates in UK may not work, HSBC warns
By Huw Jones and Iain Withers
December 14, 2020, Reuters
The Bank of England should carefully consider whether negative interest rates would have the outcomes hoped for, a senior HSBC …
Powell Says No Rift With Mnuchin, Signals Fed Not Stepping Back
By Steve Matthews and Saleha Mohsin
December 2, 2020, Bloomberg
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated Wednesday that there was no rift between the central bank and Treasury Secretary Steven …
NY Fed’s Logan says Fed emergency lending programs could be revived if needed
By Jonnelle Marte
December 1, 2020, Reuters
The emergency lending programs the Federal Reserve set up during the pandemic served as helpful backstops and could be revived quickly if needed …
Powell Says Fed Actions Unlocked $2 Trillion to Support Economy
By Nick Timiraos
November 30, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank’s actions to backstop a range of credit markets after the coronavirus …
ECB’s Lane Sounds Alarm on Worrying Financing Conditions
By Carolynn Look and Piotr Skolimowski
November 26, 2020, Bloomberg
The euro-area economy is seeing initial signs of strained financing conditions, European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane said in …
Bond Traders Brace for U.K.’s Plan for a Flawed Inflation Gauge
By John Ainger and James Hirai
November 21, 2020, Bloomberg
The U.K.’s half a trillion pound inflation-linked debt market is set to be swayed by a technicality: how price rises …
‘The economy is in a deep hole,’ says NY Fed President John Williams
Yahoo Finance’s Brian Cheung reports on the cautionary tone regarding the economy from the Federal Reserve amid rising coronavirus cases.…
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Fed doesn’t have much firepower to protect near-term economy: Fmr. NY Fed president
Bill Dudley, former New York Fed president, joins “Squawk Alley” to discuss the Fed’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.…
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