Monetary policy decisions can be either contractionary or expansionary. Contractionary monetary policy is also known as “tightening” or “restrictive” policy and is designed to slow down ...

With much of the media focusing on the plans and objectives being articulated by Trump and his many prospective appointees, I fear that many of us are being distracted from what may be the most ...

Aseni, whiz kid in economics, has seen the viral news that the Central Bank has moved to a new monetary policy instrument ...

To read the story, click here Euro-area business activity slipped deep into contractionary territory in November, according to the S&P Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). Is a soft landing becoming less ...

Colombo, Nov 27 (Daily Mirror) - The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, at its meeting held on 26 November 2024, decided to further ease the monetary policy stance and set the ...

the expected contractionary effects of monetary tightening were less pronounced. This new pattern of transmission raises critical questions about the evolving role of corporate balance sheets in ...

THE Malaysian government has proposed an expansionary fiscal policy with Budget 2023 having a total allocation of RM373.3bil as compared to RM385.3bil in 2022. This was done with the aim of ...

But willful foolishness usually has a cost. So it is with modern monetary theory. Ironically, this basket of economic fallacies, embraced by policymakers during the Biden-Harris administration ...

Bangladesh's banking sector is undergoing a significant crisis, one that has been exacerbated by past mismanagement, particularly under the previous regime. In recent years, a troubling trend of ...

While the BOJ has said the outcome of the review will not have direct implications on near-term monetary policy, it will likely include findings and surveys that justify its plan to steadily ...

It is also unlikely to offer a pin-point estimate on Japan's neutral rate of interest, or the rate at which monetary policy is neither contractionary nor expansionary. The BOJ has not disclosed ...

They described the expansionary nature of the budget as conflicting with Nigeria’s contractionary monetary policy, potentially fueling inflation and worsening citizens’ economic hardships. The ...