Monetary policy seeks to control the economy by manipulating the money supply and interest rates. Fiscal policy is designed to achieve the same end using targeted taxes and spending. The Achilles ...

A stronger currency makes South African export products less competitive which leads to reduced manufacturing and ...

Few words spark more anxiety in public debate than "national debt" and "government deficit." National debt is the total ...

The Monetary Policy Committee today voted to lower the OCR by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent. Annual consumers price index ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, in a speech at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing annual conference, stated in part: “Our monetary policy stance is well positioned to ...

Fiscal policy involves government spending and tax measures impacting the economy and investor decisions. Contrasting with monetary policy, fiscal policy is set by legislatures and affects stocks ...

Central banks should still be able to conduct monetary policy effectively and perhaps be even nimbler in a more decentralized ...

Report for 2024-25 suggests a growth-supportive monetary policy stance, encouraged by easing inflation, especially in food ...