Banking and FinanceIssue 03 - 2024MAGAZINEAre central banks’ independence under threat?GBO CorrespondentAugust 7, 2024August 9, 2024 GBO CorrespondentAugust 7, 2024August 9, 2024 The primary focus of the central banks of at least twenty-three countries...
EconomyTop StoriesBank of England lowers interest rates from 16-year high as UK inflation easesGBO CorrespondentAugust 6, 2024August 5, 2024 GBO CorrespondentAugust 6, 2024August 5, 2024 British consumer price inflation dropped from a 41-year high of 11% in...
EconomyIssue 04 - 2023MAGAZINEThe ‘Zero Interest Rate’ mythGBO CorrespondentJanuary 19, 2024January 29, 2024 GBO CorrespondentJanuary 19, 2024January 29, 2024 While the United States can boast of it avoiding a recession, there...
EconomyTop StoriesChina should focus on structural changes to boost GDP, says central bank adviserGBO CorrespondentOctober 9, 2023October 8, 2023 GBO CorrespondentOctober 9, 2023October 8, 2023 Liu Shijin, a member of the PBOC monetary policy committee, stated that...
Banking and FinanceTop StoriesSouth Africa Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago gives his take on rate hikesGBO CorrespondentJuly 27, 2023 GBO CorrespondentJuly 27, 2023 South Africa's consumer inflation fell within the SARB's target range of between...
Banking and FinanceTop StoriesAmid banking crisis, Fed Chair Jerome Powell decides against relaxing monetary policiesGBO CorrespondentMarch 24, 2023 GBO CorrespondentMarch 24, 2023 Fed chair Jerome Powell has now called SVB an outlier that had...
EconomyTop StoriesIndonesia’s central bank cuts 2022 economic growthGBO CorrespondentApril 20, 2022 GBO CorrespondentApril 20, 2022 The central bank has kept the benchmark of the seven-day reverse purchase...