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US downturn

Tackling inflation

By FT reporters

Published: July 22 2008 17:56 | Last updated: July 2 2009 16:41

As global growth slows, central banks are acting to curb inflation and stave off recession. The key tools for doing this are the official interest rates central banks set for overnight lending to commercial banks.

Our interactive feature tracks the interest rate decisions by the Bank of England, Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of Japan and the inflation rates in their economies.

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