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The US Federal Reserve votes to hold interest rates at a 22-year high for the third straight meeting and signaled it expects to make three cuts next year. SOUNDBITE
The Bank of England announces in a press conference it is hiking its key interest rate by 0.75 percentage points, the biggest increase in 33 years, to fight inflation set to peak around 11 percent in recession-hit Britain. The latest rate hike mirrors aggressive rate-tightening by central banks worldwide as economies battle the highest prices in decades. SOUNDBITE
Jakarta, Mar 2 (EFE/EPA).- Bank Indonesia cut its forecast for the country's economic growth in 2021 by 0.5 percent from 4.8-5.8 percent range to 4.3-5.3 percent range. (Camera: BAGUS INDAHONO). SHOT LIST: MOTORBIKE RIDERS ON A MAIN STREET IN JAKARTA, AND VENDORS AND CUSTOMERS AT A MARKET IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
The Bank of England cuts interest rates for the first time since 2009 and says it will buy 60 billion pounds of government debt to ease the blow from Britain's June 23 vote to leave the European Union. (ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)
The Reserve Bank of India cut its main policy rate by an expected 25 basis points as economists believe the state of Asia's third-largest economy isn't as rosy as it appears. Meg Teckman reports.