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The Bank of Japan holds off on expanding its massive stimulus programme while pushing back the expected timing for hitting its 2 percent inflation target by around six months. Meg Teckman reports.
The Bank of England holds its interest rate at a 16-year high, insisting it was not yet the right time to cut with inflation staying high despite a fall to just above three percent. "That's encouraging. But we are not yet at a point where we can cut bank rates," he tells a press conference. IMAGES
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says the institution will freeze borrowing costs again on Thursday but warns that inflation could pick up again in the near term, in an apparent pushback against market hopes of early rate cuts in 2024. It is the second time in a row the central bank has held rates, following a run of historic hikes to tame runaway price rises. SOUNDBITE
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
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announces that the US Federal Reserve has voted to keep interest rates at a 22-year high, between 5.25 percent and 5.50 percent. SOUNDBITE
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