central bank

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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey says the UK's central bank will not rush to make a decision on interest rate rises, despite the world facing what he described as a "very big energy shock".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

South Korea’s central bank kept its base rate unchanged for a seventh straight meeting ahead of a leadership change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Since leaving the central bank in 2011, Warsh has, among other things, served as a lecturer at Stanford University’s business school and as a visiting fellow at the university’s Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Overall, it has appreciated slightly against the dollar the last 25 years, according to the central bank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

And they recommended that the NIH establish a reference collection of cells: a central bank where all cultures would be tested, cataloged, and stored under maximum security, using state-of-the-art sterile techniques.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot