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Federal Reserve Chair Powell

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference in Washington on Oct. 29, 2025, following the Federal Open Market Committee' decision to cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage point.

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U.S. Fed cuts key interest rate

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference in Washington on Sept. 17, 2025, after the Federal Open Market Committee decided to cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage point.

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U.S. Fed cuts key interest rate

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference in Washington on Sept. 17, 2025, after the Federal Open Market Committee decided to cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage point.

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Fed chair Powell

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference in Washington on Nov. 7, 2024, after the Fed decided at a policy-setting meeting to reduce its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage point.

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Fed chair Powell

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference in Washington on Nov. 7, 2024, after the Fed decided at a policy-setting meeting to reduce its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage point.

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Fed hikes key rate by 0.25 point

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell attends a news conference after the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage point at a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on May 3, 2023.

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Fed hikes key rate by 0.25 point

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell attends a news conference after the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage point at a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on May 3, 2023.

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Fed carries out 15th rate hike

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Federal Reserve Fed Board Chairman Ben Bernanke (C) presides over the Federal Open Market Committee meeting March 28 in which the Fed raised its key short-term target rate by 0.25 percentage point to 4.75 percent, its 15th straight hike.

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BOJ eases credit

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaru Hayami speaks to the media on the central bank's decision Sept. 18 to further ease its grip on credit in order to help quell fears of a global recession in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks in the United States. The bank will cut its official discount rate by 0.15 percentage point from the current 0.25% to a historic low of 0.10% per annum, effective Sept. 19.

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Thailand announces 1st policy rate hike in over 3 years to contain inflation

STORY: Thailand announces 1st policy rate hike in over 3 years to contain inflation DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of outside of Thailand's central bank 2. various of Thai bank 3. various of supermarket in Bangkok 4. various of port, containers 5. various of manufacturing plants STORYLINE: Thailand's central bank announced on Wednesday to raise the key policy rate by 0.25 percentage point, its first rate hike since late 2018, to contain the rising inflation. The Bank of Thailand (BOT) monetary policy committee voted 6-1 to raise the policy rate from 0.50 percent to 0.75 percent, effective immediately. The country's first policy rate hike in more than three years came as its economic recovery continued to strengthen while inflation growth stayed at high levels. The committee expected the Thai economy to continue recovering with strong momentum because of a larger-than-expected number of foreign tourist arrivals following the rela

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Fed carries out 15th rate hike

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Federal Reserve Fed Board Chairman Ben Bernanke (C) presides over the Federal Open Market Committee meeting March 28 in which the Fed raised its key short-term target rate by 0.25 percentage point to 4.75 percent, its 15th straight hike. (Kyodo)

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Indian central bank cuts key interest rate for 3rd time this year

Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan talks at a press conference in Mumbai, India, on June 2, 2015. The Indian central bank reduced the repo rate by 0.25 percentage point to 7.25 percent the same day, its third rate cut of the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's central bank

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in April 2010 shows the People's Bank of China in Beijing. China's central bank said July 6, 2011, it will raise its main lending and deposit rates by 0.25 percentage point, effective the following day. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Fed chief Powell

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell meets the press in Washington on Sept. 18, 2019, following the Fed's 0.25 percentage point cut in its target range for the federal funds rate at its policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea cuts rates to record low over virus impact

Photo taken May 28, 2020, shows the Bank of Korea in Seoul. South Korea's central bank decided the same day to lower the benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage point to a record-low 0.50 percent to tackle the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea cuts rates to record low over virus impact

Photo taken May 28, 2020, shows the Bank of Korea in Seoul. South Korea's central bank decided the same day to lower the benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage point to a record-low 0.50 percent to tackle the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Fed chief Powell on rate cut

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell meets the press in Washington on Oct. 30, 2019, following a meeting of its policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee at which the central bank decided to reduce its target range for the federal funds rate by 0.25 percentage point for the third straight time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fed chief meets press over rate cut

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell meets the press in Washington on Sept. 18, 2019, following the Fed's 0.25 percentage point cut in its target range for the federal funds rate at its policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ eases credit

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaru Hayami speaks to the media on the central bank's decision Sept. 18 to further ease its grip on credit in order to help quell fears of a global recession in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks in the United States. The bank will cut its official discount rate by 0.15 percentage point from the current 0.25% to a historic low of 0.10% per annum, effective Sept. 19.