Interest rate dilemma for central banks as inflation rises but growth slows

The Federal Reserve, the ECB and the Bank of England appear unclear on how to tackle inflation amid the Iran war New UK cost of living crisis looms as rising energy bills lift inflation Inflation rates have been falling across the industrialised world, but fears that the Middle East war will raise oil prices means ce

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Egypt · ECONOMY Key Facts —Growth downgrade: BMI cut its fiscal year 2026/27 real gross domestic product growth forecast to 5.0 percent from 5.2 percent in early August 2026. —Central bank view: The Central Bank of Egypt now expects real GDP growth of 4.9 percent for fiscal year 2025/26 and 4.8 percent for fiscal year…

One thing the Federal Reserve could always count on to keep inflation low was falling prices for computers, cell phones and other high-tech stuff — but not anymore.

14 August 2026 The National Bank of Romania (BNR) in its August 13 quarterly Inflation Report raised its forecast for end-2026 inflation by 0.6 percentage points to 6.1%, as governor Mugur Isărescu said the economy remained below potential amid fiscal consolidation and supply-side shocks. The new forecast, presented by

Stocks rose and bond yields fell sharply Thursday morning after a fresh read on business inflation showed prices were broadly flat in July.