central bank

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Investors are betting the central bank will lift rates at least once more this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

But that’s not the view of the Frankfurt-based central bank, which President Christine Lagarde said made a unanimous decision to lift rates.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The decision makes the ECB the first major central bank to tighten monetary policy in response to the jump in energy prices, which has driven inflation above 3% in the eurozone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The war, however, has complicated the outlook, with more Fed policymakers saying they were concerned about rising inflation, which the central bank would typically address by raising rates.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

One kind of monetary policy, which involves the central bank buying private assets, is chunked as quantitative easing.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker