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Central bank interest rate (%) Change Effective date of last change Average inflation rate 2017–2021 (%) by WB and IMF [1] [2] as in the List Central bank interest rate minus average inflation rate (2017–2021) Afghanistan: 6.00 3.00: 24 July 2021 [3] 3.38 2.62 Albania: 2.75 0.25: 6 November 2024 [4] 1.78 0.97 Algeria: 3.00 0.25: 29 April ...
De Facto Classification of Exchange Rate Arrangements, as of April 30, 2021, and Monetary Policy Frameworks [2] Exchange rate arrangement (Number of countries) Exchange rate anchor Monetary aggregate target (25) Inflation Targeting framework (45) Others (43) US Dollar (37) Euro (28) Composite (8) Other (9) No separate legal tender (16) Ecuador ...
Bank rate, also known as discount rate in American English, [1] and (familiarly) the base rate in British English, [2] is the rate of interest which a central bank charges on its loans and advances to a commercial bank. The bank rate is known by a number of different terms depending on the country, and has changed over time in some countries as ...
In a coordinated move, major central banks worldwide are reducing interest rates due to a drop in inflation. Nevertheless, the Bank of Japan's decision to increase rates may pose a threat to the ...
Japan’s central bank raised interest rates on Tuesday for the first time since 2007, ending the world’s last negative rates regime on early signs of robust wage gains this year.. The BOJ ...
The data has been collected by the World Bank's International Comparison Program since the 1970s and has been available for almost all World Bank member states and some other territories since 1990. The Global price level, as reported by the World Bank, is a way to compare the cost of living between different countries.
The central bank slashed interest rates by a total of 100 basis points in 2024. In 2026, officials see two additional cuts, bringing the fed funds rate down to 3.4%. In September, officials had ...
A central bank may use another country's currency either directly in a currency union, or indirectly on a currency board. In the latter case, exemplified by the Bulgarian National Bank, Hong Kong and Latvia (until 2014), the local currency is backed at a fixed rate by the central bank's holdings of a foreign currency. Similar to commercial ...