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In case you missed it: Central banks take a U-turn

  • 22 March 2019

As the Brexit plot thickens with more twists than a House of Cards episode, central banks around the world take a dovish tilt. But as we've seen with the Bank of Japan, ultra-low or even negative interest rates sometimes end up doing more harm than good. Does the ECB need to take note?

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