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By Craig Stirling

April 25, 2026 at 8:00 PM UTC

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April 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM UTC

Policymakers in the US and across the Group of Seven will probably keep interest rates steady this week while watching nervously for signs of higher energy costs fanning inflation.

Three days of decisions in Washington, Ottawa, London, Frankfurt and Tokyo are widely anticipated to result in unchanged borrowing costs across the club of rich nations, with each central bank seen keeping a hawkish eye on fallout from the Iran war.