v3.0

An economics game

CENTRAL
BANKER

Sit in the hot seat. Set interest rates through booms, oil shocks and bank runs. Keep inflation near 2% without crashing the economy.

Choose your term

Codex

Settings

Master volume

Sound effects volume

Music volume

Music

Sound effects

Haptics and screen shake

Game speed

Reduced motion

Colorblind-safe colors

Text size

Replay intro

Reset all progress

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Central Banker runs fully offline. All art and audio are generated in code. Facts are drawn from central-bank, BLS and historical records; see the Codex for details. Renderer: —. Keyboard: arrows set the rate, 1/2/3 pick a tone, Enter advances, Esc pauses, I inspects.

Inflation · CPI y/y

2.0%

Target 2% · expected 2.0%

Unemployment

5.0%

Natural rate ≈ 5.0%

GDP growth

2.0%

Output gap 0.0%

Credit spread

1.4%

Banks calm

Real policy rate

1.0%

Nominal 3.0% − expected inflation

10-year yield

3.5%

Currency index 100

Policy pipeline · lag 12–24 mo

No moves in transit

5.00%

current 5.00% · drag the dial