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  • Friday, 5 March, 2021
    Emerging market investing
    Emerging markets suffer first outflows since October on rate jump

    ‘Honeymoon’ period that followed first vaccine approvals in autumn comes to abrupt end

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    UK inflation
    BoE chief economist warns against complacency over inflation

    Andy Haldane compares rising prices to a tiger stirred by ultra-loose monetary policy

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Markets set for a bumpy ride back to inflation

    Expectations of rising prices are no cause for macroeconomic worries

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    Markets InsightMohamed El-Erian
    When is stimulus too much for markets?

    What is good for more inclusive economic growth may not be positive short-term for investors

  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    Bank of England
    BoE faces tension over stimulus options if recovery disappoints

    Monetary policy committee members at odds over opting for negative interest rates or more QE for UK

  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    European Central Bank
    ECB set to disappoint campaigners on climate change

    Limited enthusiasm on central bank’s governing council for green asset purchases

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    ECB vows to stick to stimulus despite recent rise in inflation

    Policymakers expect any sustained price growth to emerge only slowly, minutes show

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    German economy
    Bundesbank head says rising inflation likely to require policy ‘tightening’

    Jens Weidmann warns German inflation will surge to more than 3% this year

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Gillian Tett
    The Fed needs to call time on cheap money

    Jay Powell, of all people, is haunted by the ghost of past monetary policy mistakes

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  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    UK interest rates
    BoE expects vaccine-fuelled economic recovery in second half of 2021

    Monetary Policy Committee leaves door open for negative interest rates if upswing disappoints

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Eurozone economy
    Eurozone inflation jumps by most in over a decade

    Rise ends five months of price falls and outstrips forecasts, but pace expected to slow

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    German economy
    Surge in German inflation poses communication challenge for ECB

    Reversal of 5 months of falling prices risks raising questions about bank’s stimulus policy

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    Global Economy
    Rethink public finance rules and live with much higher debt, IMF says

    Pandemic’s fiscal legacy can be borne thanks to lower interest rates, according to fund

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    News in-depthEuropean Central Bank
    ECB’s German policymaker sells stimulus to its hawks

    Isabel Schnabel emerges as key ally for president Christine Lagarde in building consensus

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    European Central Bank
    ECB details bond-buying shift as it holds rates and stimulus steady

    Resurgence of virus threatens to plunge eurozone into double-dip downturn

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Eurozone economy
    Eurozone banks scale back lending as bad debt fears grow

    Lenders tightened borrowing criteria as virus resurgence took hold in late 2020, ECB survey shows

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Markets InsightJeremy Siegel
    Higher inflation is coming and it will hit bondholders

    Historic increase in monetary supply to fight Covid crisis will lead to higher consumer prices

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
    Martin Sandbu
    Why the ECB should go Japanese

    Yield curve control makes monetary policy more effective

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Federal Reserve
    Powell moves to stamp out market fear of exit from loose policy

    Dovish comments from Federal Reserve chairman fail to halt increase in Treasury yields

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Eurozone economy
    ECB’s shift in stimulus stance came as policymakers differed over scale

    €500bn increase approved by changing bank’s target to moveable ceiling, December’s minutes show

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Bank of England
    BoE criticised by internal watchdog over easing programme

    Review says ‘knowledge gaps’ have hindered bank’s ability to build public trust in QE

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Eurozone economy
    Lagarde warns against early tightening of stimulus efforts

    Bounceback in post-pandemic demand could fuel inflation, says ECB president

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    LexUBS Group AG
    UBS/negative rates: parking charges Premium

    Loss of a few clients will not hurt too much but wider squeeze on profitability is bigger problem for Swiss banks

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    Investments
    Debt dangers hang over markets

    With assets fully priced, investors face trouble chasing returns while trying to limit risks

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    InterviewGlobal Economy
    OECD warns governments to rethink constraints on public spending

    Fresh austerity risks a public backlash, says chief economist Laurence Boone

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