After years of holding key interest rates near zero and aggressive monetary stimulus, central bankers still seem reluctant to declare success. (morganstanley.com)
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England voted by a 7 - 2 majority to raise key interest rates from 0.25 to 0.50 percent, following the penultimate MPC meeting of the year. (forexfocus.com)
Almost no one in 2009 imagined that U.S. interest rates would stay near zero for six years, that key interest rates in Europe would turn negative, and that central banks in the G - 7 would collectively expand their balance sheets by more than $ 5 trillion. (larrysummers.com)