The US government is $36 trillion in debt. But who is owed all that money?

Global uncertainty is leading investors to beef up purchases of precious metals.

Switzerland may be the first to start rolling back the recent round of rate hikes.

Central banks have a couple of tools they can use to push back, including interest rate hikes and selling U.S. dollars..

The European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan and others will also weigh rate hikes. The world will be watching for hints of policy changes.

Traditionally, central banks have more or less unofficially moved in concert with each other when it comes to tackling monetary policy.

The U.S. Federal Reserve coordinates some operations — sometimes even interest rates changes — with other central banks. Here’s how that works.

The inflation threat calls for one type of action, and the banking turmoil calls for another. How will the Fed respond?

A lot of investors were betting that the Bank of Japan would join other central banks in hiking rates to beat back inflation.

The U.S. isn’t the only country with a central bank that’s hiking rates. Here’s how that’s affecting housing markets around the world.