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When interest rates are at zero, creditors are encouraged to renew financing to unproductive companies
Central bank is trying to navigate the best of a set of difficult options
A tragicomedy in two acts
Outspoken reflationist Goushi Kataoka backs bold easing measures to capitalise on rising prices globally
Central bank has primary function to maintain price stability and support government economic policy
Andrew Bailey rejects claim the central bank acted too slowly as allies of Tory leadership contenders wade in
The ECB in particular is battling complex problems on several fronts
Wide-ranging, independent review of the RBA is unlikely to be the last globally as criticism mounts over handling of inflation
Analysts say central bank wants to unleash a sharp economic downturn to curb surging inflation
UK faces protracted recession and biggest squeeze on living standards in 60 years
Bond-buying programme has made Bank of England and Treasury much more exposed to short-term interest rates
More forceful action is needed to avoid inflation becoming entrenched
MPC meets on Thursday under pressure to follow other central banks in monetary tightening
Markets Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Taking back control of QE’s billion pound income transfer from Bank to banks
Surprise increase in eurozone’s largest economy adds to pressure on ECB to continue rate rises
RIP forward guidance, a systemic dysfunction in mainstream economics
Another wave of global rate rises beckons following the US central bank’s latest mega move
Markets rally after chair Jay Powell says it could be ‘appropriate to slow’ pace of increases
The currency has become more resilient with every trauma it has survived
Former Fed chair Ben Bernanke and historian Edward Chancellor offer conflicting perspectives on the crisis in central banking
If the economy and inflation weaken, the Fed is likely to pause and the US currency will reverse direction
Governments should draw lessons from the malign consequences of prolonged ultra-low interest rates
US central bank weighs how to recalibrate tightening strategy in face of growing recession risk
Investors and governments are put on notice in the latest effort to tackle the bloc’s problems
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