Bitesize: Riding the waves: the breadth of global monetary policy changes

Shaheen Bhikhu and Thomas Viegas

Central banks respond to inflation by setting interest rates in order to achieve domestic price stability.  Occasionally, economic shocks are global in nature and so monetary policy can move in tandem across the world. But how common have directional changes in monetary policy been across the world over recent decades?

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