central bank

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The central bank has been trying — and failing — for five years to reduce inflation to an annual rate of 2%.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

The focus is on how the central bank assesses the longer-term impact of Middle East developments on the real economy and how that ties to the timing of the next hike, the economists said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The central bank kept its key rate at 3.75% last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

That included both central bank policy and fiscal policy - the government's decisions on taxation and spending - he said.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 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