Interest rates

Leadership change at the European Central Bank must be well-planned to minimise market risk

Three policymakers dissented in favour of a quarter-percentage point hike at the meeting

The central bank has warned further policy tightening cannot be ruled out

Traders see a 79% chance of a hike when the BOJ’s board meet on Sept 18

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This comes as the economy slows further in Q2 as consumer spending and investments shrink

Fed policymakers will likely feel little fresh urgency to raise interest rates in September after Wednesday’s data shows inflation cooled

The timing and pace of these should depend on incoming data, says the lender’s outgoing senior deputy governor

The RBA says that it would do what is necessary to bring inflation back to its 2% to 3% target band