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Investment Weekly

Central bankers: should I stay or should I go?
22 March 2024
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    Chart of the week – Central bankers: should I stay or should I go?

    It’s been a big week for central banks. And the key question has been: “should I stay or should I go?”. The Bank of Japan answered with a historic decision to exit from negative interest rates, while the Swiss National Bank surprised markets with a 25bp rate cut. Meanwhile, the Fed and BoE decisions to ‘stay’ were hardly a surprise.

    Chart of the week – Central bankers: should I stay or should I go?

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