Writes about the distance between what a central bank says and what it is understood to have said.
AnalysisThe ONS shipped revisions triangles, Barr conceded the quality adjustment before using his figure, and the RBI published a weighted average next to a range three times as wide. Each told you where its own number is weak.
YenThe amendment to the Complementary Deposit Facility terms takes effect on 24 September, the same day as the new call rate guideline and the 1.5% basic loan rate.
PolicyAn Economic Bulletin article argues the fragmentation of company law across the EU limits cross-border capital formation, and supports the Commission's March 2026 EU Inc. proposal.
DollarThe Fed governor spoke on the long-term costs of shelter in Chicago, citing the Atlanta Fed's affordability monitor and two decades in which real incomes rose far more slowly than home prices.
AnalysisAn export similarity index, an index built from newspaper sentences, and a market classification. Two describe the world; the third is written into contracts, which makes it a different kind of object entirely.
YenA four-part amendment from the September Monetary Policy Meeting rewrites the loan rate on four Bank of Japan facilities to one formula, and strikes the 2011 disaster designation with effect from 31 May 2027.
News FeedFTSE Russell's reclassification took effect on 21 September, shifting 62 Greek stocks out of emerging benchmarks; STOXX made the same change simultaneously, putting nine Athens names into the Europe 600.
SterlingHM Treasury updated its 2025-26 preparers' pack for Whole of Government Accounts on 22 September: two data collection tool guides running to 161 and 143 pages, plus mapping spreadsheets.
PolicyAn Economic Bulletin box measures the overlap between Chinese and EU export baskets from 2019 to 2025 and finds the sharpest convergence in the bloc's manufacturing-heavy economies.
SterlingThe 22 September release explains a framework for the headline measures — net borrowing, net cash requirement and net debt — alongside classification updates.