A private gauge of China’s manufacturing activity returned to contractionary territory in July, as softening new business ...

Pakistan's consumer inflation accelerated to 4.1% year-on-year in July, up from 3.2% in June, driven by rising prices for ...

Open Market Operations and Interest Rates Under a contractionary policy, a central bank sells securities on the open market, which reduces the amount of money in circulation. Expansionary monetary ...

Contractionary policy is characterized by decreased government spending or increased taxes to combat rising inflation. Expansionary policy leads to higher budget deficits and contractionary policy ...

With the aim of maintaining control of inflation, Bangladesh Bank has announced that it will continue to implement a ...

The central bank is scheduled to officially unveil its new Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) at 3pm on Thursday. Governor Ahsan H Mansur will preside over the announcement as chief guest.

When inflation threatens an economy by becoming excessive, the government has two ways to dial back the problem: Contractionary fiscal policy and contractionary monetary policy. Congress handles ...

Monetary policy is contractionary. Despite $120 billion per month in ongoing quantitative easing "QE" and zero percent interest rates, monetary policy is still contractionary.

The Bangladesh Bank will inject liquidity into the money market by buying US dollars instead of printing money, Governor Ahsan H Mansur said today (31 July).

China’s factory activity fell back into contractionary territory in January in advance of an early Lunar New Year holiday period, a drop-off following a rush of purchase orders issued in the run ...

To have a simple picture, compare the ability of the U.S. (or Chile and Brazil) to issue debt in order to finance government expenditures with that of Argentina. Consider not only the country risk ...

A lecture on “Are Supply Shocks Contractionary at the ZLB? Evidence from Utilization-Adjusted TFP Data” was presented by Rob Lester, Assistant Professor of Economics from Colby College in Pettengill ...