central bank

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Visa and Mastercard payments in Cuba will be suspended from Saturday after US sanctions prompted a foreign bank to sever ties with a state-backed financial institution, Cuba's central bank said Wednesday.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Neither Winfree nor Heil has worked at the central bank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The country’s central bank, Bank Indonesia, has set an inflation target of 2.5 percent for this year and next, with a deviation of one percentage point either way.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Many economists expect the central bank to begin raising interest rates as early as July to contain inflationary pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 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