central bank

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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

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey says the UK's central bank will not rush to make a decision on interest rate rises, despite the world facing what he described as a "very big energy shock".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Since leaving the central bank in 2011, Warsh has, among other things, served as a lecturer at Stanford University’s business school and as a visiting fellow at the university’s Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 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