Central Bank Watch
Another Interest Rate Cut by the Bank of Mexico
December 18, 2025
A cycle of a thirteen interest rate cuts by the Bank of Mexico began a year and a half ago from a peak of 11.25%, with five initial reductions of 25 basis points, then four larger 50-basis point moves and after than a reversion to four more cuts of 25 bps. The bank’s medium-term inflation […] More
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Bank of England Cuts Interest Rate but Leaves Future Moves in Doubt
December 18, 2025
Among the many central bank interest rate announcements made today, the most surprising came from the Bank of England‘s. The rate cut of 25 basis points to 3.75% — a low not seen since January 2023 — met expectations, but following a sharper slide in British consumer price inflation to an 8-month low of 3.2%, […] More
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Equities Lit Up By Surprisingly Low U.S. CPI Reading
December 18, 2025
Released U.S. consumer price data for November this Thursday overshadowed a continuing parade of scheduled central bank interest rate decisions, with the greatest impact directed at stock markets in Europe and the United States. There had been atypically high uncertainty about what the CPI release would show due to the U.S. federal shutdown-related lull in […] More
