Data: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; Graphic: Axios Visuals As central banks around the world rapidly raise interest rates, policymakers outside the United States may find that it has more leverage in terms of demand reduction. The reason comes down to the unique way Americans finance their homes. Why is this important: Americans tend …
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Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament Brussels, 28 November 2022 Over the past 12 months, the ECB has embarked on a rapid and comprehensive process of monetary policy normalization. First, we ended net asset purchases within months. Then …
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November 28, 2022 Components of the broad monetary aggregate M3 The annual growth rate of the broad monetary aggregate M3 decreased from 6.3% in September to 5.1% in October 2022.[1], averaging 5.8% in the three months to October. The components of M3 showed the following evolutions. The annual growth rate of the narrower aggregate M1, …
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Alena Kang-Landsberg and Matthew Plosser Editor’s note: When this article was first published, the legend entries for the first chart were transposed; caption corrected (November 21, 9:45 a.m.) When the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) wants to raise the federal funds rate target range, it raises interest on reserve balances (IORB) paid to banks, the …
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