central bank

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The central bank had just rolled out plans to do things it would never ordinarily do: lending to midsize businesses, purchasing junk bonds and hoovering up Treasury securities at a pace it had never attempted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

The central bank kept its base rate, which affects mortgage and other borrowing costs for Americans, at the 3.5% to 3.75% level on Wednesday.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Poland’s central bank announces its interest rate decision on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Kevin Warsh will be grappling with greater uncertainty and less uniformity at the Fed when he probably takes over from Jerome Powell as head of the U.S. central bank on May 15.

From Barron's • May 1, 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