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It's Not Just the Fed. This Week Is a Central-Bank Bonanza

A swath of central banks followed the Federal Reserve in issuing interest-rate decisions, though most held policy steady: + The **Bank of England** held rates at 5%, as expected. Like the European Central Bank and some others, it started easing ahead of the Fed, cutting in August for the first time in four years. + The **South African Reserve Bank** became the first central bank to cut in the Fed's wake.