{"id":287,"date":"2025-07-16T10:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=287"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:01:41","slug":"see-how-your-country-compares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=287","title":{"rendered":"see how your country compares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Stay informed with free updates<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\"><span>Simply sign up to the <!-- -->Global Economy<!-- --> myFT Digest &#8212; delivered directly to your inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=088d3368-bb8b-4ff3-9df7-a7680d4d81b2&amp;concept-id=29e67a92-a3b8-410c-9139-15abe9b47e12\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Central banks around the world are lowering borrowing costs as global inflation eases from the multi-decade highs reached in many countries in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The FT global inflation and interest rates tracker provides a regularly updated visual narrative of consumer price inflation and central bank policy rates around the world. <\/p>\n<div class=\"n-content-layout\" data-component=\"flourish\" data-component-id=\"16959313\" data-component-type=\"flourish-in-article\">\n<figure class=\"n-content-picture n-content-layout__container\"><picture data-asset-type=\"flourish\" data-flourish-id=\"16959313\" data-flourish-type=\"visualisation\">\n<div id=\"16959313\" class=\"cp-message o-message o-message--inform o-message--notice\" data-o-component=\"o-message\">\n<div class=\"o-message__container\">\n<div class=\"o-message__content\">\n<p class=\"o-message__content-main\">Some content could not load. Check your internet connection or browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.flourish.studio%2Fvisualisation%2F16959313%2Fthumbnail%3FcacheBuster%3D973699?source=cp-content-pipeline&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=1020&amp;dpr=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This page covers the factors affecting policymakers\u2019 decisions on borrowing costs and whether central banks have increased or decreased interest rates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"n-content-layout\" data-component=\"flourish\" data-component-id=\"16733707\" data-component-type=\"flourish-in-article\">\n<figure class=\"n-content-picture n-content-layout__container\"><picture data-asset-type=\"flourish\" data-flourish-id=\"16733707\" data-flourish-type=\"visualisation\">\n<div id=\"16733707\" class=\"cp-message o-message o-message--inform o-message--notice\" data-o-component=\"o-message\">\n<div class=\"o-message__container\">\n<div class=\"o-message__content\">\n<p class=\"o-message__content-main\">Some content could not load. Check your internet connection or browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.flourish.studio%2Fvisualisation%2F16733707%2Fthumbnail%3FcacheBuster%3D973699?source=cp-content-pipeline&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=1020&amp;dpr=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Higher borrowing costs have helped ease the fast pace of price growth that swept the world during the pandemic. <\/p>\n<div class=\"n-content-layout\" data-component=\"flourish\" data-component-id=\"16936509\" data-component-type=\"flourish-in-article\">\n<figure class=\"n-content-picture n-content-layout__container\"><picture data-asset-type=\"flourish\" data-flourish-id=\"16936509\" data-flourish-type=\"visualisation\">\n<div id=\"16936509\" class=\"cp-message o-message o-message--inform o-message--notice\" data-o-component=\"o-message\">\n<div class=\"o-message__container\">\n<div class=\"o-message__content\">\n<p class=\"o-message__content-main\">Some content could not load. Check your internet connection or browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.flourish.studio%2Fvisualisation%2F16936509%2Fthumbnail%3FcacheBuster%3D973699?source=cp-content-pipeline&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=1020&amp;dpr=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>While inflation in most nations has come down from its peak, many policymakers have warned that the last leg of the journey to central banks\u2019 target \u2014 which in most advanced economies is 2 per cent \u2014 will be the hardest. <\/p>\n<div class=\"n-content-layout\" data-component=\"flourish\" data-component-id=\"7925956\" data-component-type=\"flourish-in-article\">\n<figure class=\"n-content-picture n-content-layout__container\"><picture data-asset-type=\"flourish\" data-flourish-id=\"7925956\" data-flourish-type=\"visualisation\">\n<div id=\"7925956\" class=\"cp-message o-message o-message--inform o-message--notice\" data-o-component=\"o-message\">\n<div class=\"o-message__container\">\n<div class=\"o-message__content\">\n<p class=\"o-message__content-main\">Some content could not load. Check your internet connection or browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.flourish.studio%2Fvisualisation%2F7925956%2Fthumbnail%3FcacheBuster%3D973699?source=cp-content-pipeline&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=1020&amp;dpr=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can use this page to monitor inflation and interest rates in most individual countries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"n-content-layout\" data-component=\"flourish\" data-component-id=\"16745957\" data-component-type=\"flourish-in-article\">\n<figure class=\"n-content-picture n-content-layout__container\"><picture data-asset-type=\"flourish\" data-flourish-id=\"16745957\" data-flourish-type=\"visualisation\">\n<div id=\"16745957\" class=\"cp-message o-message o-message--inform o-message--notice\" data-o-component=\"o-message\">\n<div class=\"o-message__container\">\n<div class=\"o-message__content\">\n<p class=\"o-message__content-main\">Some content could not load. Check your internet connection or browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.flourish.studio%2Fvisualisation%2F16745957%2Fthumbnail%3FcacheBuster%3D973699?source=cp-content-pipeline&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=1020&amp;dpr=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This page also tracks measures that are closely monitored for signs of how inflation and policy rates might evolve in the months ahead. <\/p>\n<p>The latest figures for the world\u2019s largest economies show that inflation remains elevated in some countries, excluding food and energy, a key measure of underlying price pressures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"n-content-layout\" data-component=\"flourish\" data-component-id=\"7928761\" data-component-type=\"flourish-in-article\">\n<figure class=\"n-content-picture n-content-layout__container\"><picture data-asset-type=\"flourish\" data-flourish-id=\"7928761\" data-flourish-type=\"visualisation\">\n<div id=\"7928761\" class=\"cp-message o-message o-message--inform o-message--notice\" data-o-component=\"o-message\">\n<div class=\"o-message__container\">\n<div class=\"o-message__content\">\n<p class=\"o-message__content-main\">Some content could not load. Check your internet connection or browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.flourish.studio%2Fvisualisation%2F7928761%2Fthumbnail%3FcacheBuster%3D973699?source=cp-content-pipeline&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=1020&amp;dpr=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wholesale energy costs provide a timely measure of the price pressures consumers might face in the coming months. <\/p>\n<p>A rise in energy prices was the main driver of inflation in many countries in recent years, but gas and electricity costs have retreated from their peaks during the energy crisis that followed Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"n-content-layout\" data-component=\"flourish\" data-component-id=\"8855741\" data-component-type=\"flourish-in-article\">\n<figure class=\"n-content-picture n-content-layout__container\"><picture data-asset-type=\"flourish\" data-flourish-id=\"8855741\" data-flourish-type=\"visualisation\">\n<div id=\"8855741\" class=\"cp-message o-message o-message--inform o-message--notice\" data-o-component=\"o-message\">\n<div class=\"o-message__container\">\n<div class=\"o-message__content\">\n<p class=\"o-message__content-main\">Some content could not load. Check your internet connection or browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.flourish.studio%2Fvisualisation%2F8855741%2Fthumbnail%3FcacheBuster%3D973699?source=cp-content-pipeline&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=1020&amp;dpr=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This page also tracks the yields on 2-year government bond yields, which are strongly affected by market expectations of interest rates over that time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"n-content-layout\" data-component=\"flourish\" data-component-id=\"16741266\" data-component-type=\"flourish-in-article\">\n<figure class=\"n-content-picture n-content-layout__container\"><picture data-asset-type=\"flourish\" data-flourish-id=\"16741266\" data-flourish-type=\"visualisation\">\n<div id=\"16741266\" class=\"cp-message o-message o-message--inform o-message--notice\" data-o-component=\"o-message\">\n<div class=\"o-message__container\">\n<div class=\"o-message__content\">\n<p class=\"o-message__content-main\">Some content could not load. Check your internet connection or browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.flourish.studio%2Fvisualisation%2F16741266%2Fthumbnail%3FcacheBuster%3D973699?source=cp-content-pipeline&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=1020&amp;dpr=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The cost of homes soared in many countries during the pandemic, but high mortgage rates have led to a slowdown in house price growth in a number of countries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"n-content-layout\" data-component=\"flourish\" data-component-id=\"8060716\" data-component-type=\"flourish-in-article\">\n<figure class=\"n-content-picture n-content-layout__container\"><picture data-asset-type=\"flourish\" data-flourish-id=\"8060716\" data-flourish-type=\"visualisation\">\n<div id=\"8060716\" class=\"cp-message o-message o-message--inform o-message--notice\" data-o-component=\"o-message\">\n<div class=\"o-message__container\">\n<div class=\"o-message__content\">\n<p class=\"o-message__content-main\">Some content could not load. 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