All eyes were on the Federal Reserve’s first policy update of the new year on Wednesday, but the Bank of Canada also drew its fair amount of attention. Officials from the Bank of Canada delivered a warning shot about the likely spillover effect of a trade war with the U.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to cut key interest rates again on Thursday in what would be the fifth rate cut in the eurozone since mid-2024. Economists expect the central bank to cut the key deposit rate - the interest that banks receive for parking funds at the ECB - by 0.

The head of the Czech National Bank wants to plough billions of euros’ worth of the country’s reserves into bitcoin, a groundbreaking move that could make it the first western central bank known to hold crypto assets.