The Bank of England kept its key interest rate at 4.25 percent on Thursday as inflation remains elevated and risks climbing further amid US tariffs and the Israel-Iran conflict. The central bank's ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s central bank on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 points to 15 percent. This is its seventh straight hike in nine months of trying to curb inflation.

Brazil’s Central Bank faces a tough Selic rate decision amid conflicting inflation and activity data. Short-term inflation has improved, but long-term expectations remain above target levels.

Business had been seduced by the government tampering and artificial lowering of the rate of interest, and acted as if more savings were available to invest than were really there. The lowering of the ...

Nomura's Rob Subbaraman discusses expectations of Bank of Japan's rate hike path including two major risks if the central bank hikes too fast or too far. Zelenskyy says "time to make things right ...

The Bank of Russia held its key interest rate at a record-high 21%, surprising most analysts who’d expected policymakers to opt for another big hike to try to tame persistent inflation.

The Bank of Mexico’s overnight interbank interest rate, as it is officially known, was held at a record high of 11.25% between March 2023 and March 2024, when this year’s initial cut was made.

Currently, the US central bank has rates set at a target of 4.5% to 4.75% after dropping the rate by 0.75% across two cuts this year, bringing it down from an over 20-year high.

The Bank of England meets eight times a year to set the base rate, a mechanism that influences interest rates on everything from mortgages to savings accounts. The Bank’s next rate decision will ...