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Fed, BOE outliers among central banks around the world
Published Sun, Jul 19, 2015 · 09:50 PM
London
The race is on between the US and British central banks to be the first major economy to raise interest rates after a long period of unprecedented monetary generosity.
It won't happen immediately but both Janet Yellen, who chairs the US Federal Reserve, and Bank of England governor Mark Carney signalled in the past week that higher rates are close.
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