AT A GLANCE: • Tight monetary policy aims to slow down an overheated economy by increasing interest rates. Conversely, loose monetary policy aims to stimulate an economy by lowering interest ...

CFR’s Global Monetary Policy Tracker compiles data from 54 countries around the world to highlight significant global trends in monetary policy. Who is tightening policy? Who is loosening policy?

Hawkish monetary policy, also known as tight monetary policy, is put into practice when a central bank like the Federal Reserve wishes to contract financial liquidity. It does this in several ways ...