Canada's annual inflation rate fell to 2.3% in March from 2.6% in February, helped by lower gasoline and travel tour prices.
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Albertsons forecast annual profit below estimates on Tuesday as the company offers selective discounts and invests in its loyalty program to drive sales while inflation pressures consumer
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Canada's annual inflation surprisingly slowed in March to 2.3%, three notches below the prior month, largely helped by lower gasoline and travel tour prices, data
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Consumer price inflation in France was stable in March, in line with analysts' expectations and the preliminary reading, statistics office INSEE said on Tuesday.
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Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic said on Monday the uncertainty surrounding the Trump administration's tariff and other policies has put the economy into a "big pause,
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Canada's main stock index rose on Monday to an 11-day high, with financial and real estate shares leading broad-based gains as investors grew doubtful that hefty U.S.
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Brazil's economic growth is expected to slow down in the second half of 2025, encumbered by high interest rates and worries about the U.S.-led global trade shake-up, a
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The Bank of Canada is likely to pause its rate-cutting cycle this week as rising inflation, weakened employment and U.S.
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Sony said it will hike the price of its PlayStation 5 (PS5) console in markets in Europe, Britain, Australia and New Zealand, citing high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates.
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Thailand's lower-than-expected March inflation rate was mainly due to lower energy prices and government policies to alleviate cost of living pressures, the commerce ministry said
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Bank of England interest rate-setter Megan Greene said on Saturday it was unclear what U.S.
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In December 1958, Argentina, battling inflation and weak reserves, agreed a $75-million loan with the International Monetary Fund, its first deal with the Washington-
April 12, 2025
The price premium for gold in top consumer China above global benchmark spot prices widened this week due to consumers and investors seeking refuge
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Russian state statistical agency Rosstat raised its estimate of gross domestic product growth for 2024 on Friday to 4.3% from 4.1% earlier.
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President Javier Milei says that he will lift most of the country’s strict capital and currency controls next week, a high-stakes gamble made possible by a new loan from the International Monetary Fund
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US consumer sentiment plummets to second-lowest level on records going back to 1952
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Brazil's monthly inflation slowed in March as expected but the 12-month reading remained under pressure due to rising food prices, official data showed on Friday, adding to a tough
April 11, 2025
Investors pulled out of U.S. bond funds heavily in the week ending April 9 in a broad selloff triggered by fears of a recession and concerns that the escalating U.S.-China trade war could
April 11, 2025
Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation rate fell to 2.2% in March from the period through February, final data released by the National Statistics Institute, or INE, showed
April 11, 2025
Japan's core inflation probably accelerated in March from the previous month as rice prices rose, a Reuters poll showed, a sign of persistent cost pressure that is likely to
April 11, 2025
The Philippine central bank is taking a cautious approach to policy easing this year to avoid overheating the economy and reigniting inflation, which has been on a downward trend,
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The rising trend of Brazil's consumer prices likely slowed in March from February due to a moderation in energy costs, but food inflation probably remained high, a Reuters
April 10, 2025
Higher-than-expected tariffs would "very likely" raise both unemployment and inflation, Dallas Federal Reserve President Lorie Logan said on Thursday in remarks that made clear her most
April 10, 2025
Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeff Schmid said on Thursday he will remain "squarely focused" on inflation and the risk new U.S. import taxes could
April 10, 2025
Argentina's government expects the International Monetary Fund board will approve a $20 billion loan deal at the end of the week, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, in
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Federal Reserve policymakers worry U.S.
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Argentina's monthly inflation rate likely sped up to 2.6% in March, marking the second consecutive month on the rise, a median of analysts polled by Reuters
April 09, 2025
Mexico's annual inflation sped up in March but remained within the central bank's target range, data released on Wednesday showed, giving credit to expectations that the
April 09, 2025
Thousands of Greeks gathered in Athens on Wednesday to demand higher wages to cope with rising living costs and a one-day strike left
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Euro zone economic growth could fall much more from the impact of U.S. trade tariffs than initially estimated by the European Central Bank
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Downside risks have materialised since March that support the case for cutting interest rates at the European Central Bank's April meeting, ECB policymaker Olli Rehn said on
April 09, 2025
Global markets were took a beating again on Wednesday as U.S.
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New Zealand's central bank cut its benchmark rate on Wednesday, as widely expected, signalling a greater readiness to lower borrowing costs further as the
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Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said on Tuesday that U.S.
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The Russian economy has slowed sharply in recent months, according to the latest economic data, and may be at further risk if a fall in oil prices and global
April 08, 2025
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ATHENS -European Central Bank policymaker Yannis Stournaras said on Tuesday that likely higher inflation and a global trade war following U.S.
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The Swedish financial market is functioning well despite the recent global economic turbulence and the country is well placed to tackle turmoil, but the Riksbank is ready to act
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Indonesia's annual inflation rate was 1.03% in March, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday, missing market expectations and also staying below the central bank's target range for
April 08, 2025
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Monday warned that trade wars could have lasting negative consequences, days after he and other U.S. bank CEOs
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said stock markets could fall 20% farther as steep U.S. tariffs lead some investors to believe the U.S. economy may already be
April 07, 2025
President Donald Trump’s sharp tariff hikes last week have sent the stock market into a tailspin, raised alarm bells among Wall Street executives, and heightened many economists’ worries that the U.S. could tip into recession
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Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler on Monday said that some of the recent rise in goods and market-services inflation may be "anticipatory" of the effect of the Trump administration's
April 07, 2025
Canadian firms and consumers see a sharply higher chance of recession over the coming year as U.S.
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Market turmoil unleashed by U.S. trade tariffs has boosted the Swiss franc, piling pressure on the country's export-oriented economy and potentially pushing the Swiss
April 07, 2025
In Bolivia's highland city La Paz, homemaker Angelica Zapata is coming to terms with a new inflation reality as prices rise at the fastest speed in almost two
April 07, 2025
Argentina's mortgage market, for years almost non-existent due to spiraling triple-digit inflation and high borrowing costs, is starting to show signs of
April 07, 2025
Singapore is expected to further ease monetary policy at next week's review, following a move in January, as U.S. tariffs against its trading partners cast a
April 07, 2025
Australia will be able to manage the direct impact of U.S.
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India's economic growth could slow by 20-40 basis points in the ongoing financial year due to the latest U.S. tariffs, which would prompt deeper interest rate cuts by
April 04, 2025
Japanese real wages dropped for a second straight month in February due to higher inflation, labour ministry data showed on Monday, amid broader worries in Japan about the impact of
April 06, 2025
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that President Donald Trump's global tariffs are likely to cause a short-term increase in inflation. Powell said that the scope of Trump's tariffs are "significantly larger than expected," but emphasized that the central bank will work to prevent any price spikes caused by the tariffs from becoming an "ongoing inflation problem."
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President Donald Trump's new tariffs are "larger than expected," and the economic fallout including higher inflation and slower growth likely will be as well,
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US Fed Chair Jerome Powell says the Trump administration’s expansive new tariffs will likely lead to higher inflation and slower growth
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President Donald Trump's new tariffs are "larger than expected," and the economic fallout including higher inflation and slower growth likely will be as well,
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Jerome Powell warns on Trump’s tariffs: High inflation could be here to stay
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India's $283-billion IT sector should brace for a rough year ahead as tariffs are likely to stoke inflation in its key U.S. market and force clients to cut
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The U.S. reciprocal tariffs will stymie economic growth and lift inflation, forcing the Federal Reserve to start lowering interest rates from the end of this year, while the European
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New U.S. tariffs announced by President Donald Trump may delay, but likely won't derail, the Bank of Japan's plan to raise interest rates further as policymakers seek
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Swedish headline consumer prices fell 0.5% in March from the previous month and rose 2.3% from the same month a year earlier, flash figures from the statistics
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The rapid expansion in India's dominant services sector cooled slightly in March amid softer demand, despite firms raising prices at the lowest rate in three-and
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Countries around the world threatened to wage a trade war with the United States as President Donald Trump's
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Tunisians are embracing snails as a protein-packed alternative as the cost of red meat remains high
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Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank will scrutinise the impact of U.S. tariffs on the country's economy when setting monetary policy,
April 03, 2025
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will cut interest rates by 25 basis points on April 9, according to economists polled by Reuters, who have held to
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He called it "Liberation Day," but President Donald Trump's Wednesday unveiling of reciprocal tariffs could cause political headwinds for his
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Businesses around the globe on Thursday faced up to a future of higher prices, trade turmoil and reduced
April 02, 2025
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson on Thursday said that with the economy in solid shape, tariffs already pushing upward on goods inflation, and higher-than-usual uncertainty over
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Investors are looking at ways to ward off economic pain now tariffs are here, seeking assets that can ride out a recession and higher inflation
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President Donald Trump is placing steep new tariffs on virtually all U.S. trading partners, stoking fears of rising prices for consumers and deepening trade wars
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ECB policymakers were already counting the potential cost of U.S. tariffs long before their introduction, arguing they would weigh on growth but have a more uncertain impact on
April 03, 2025
Morgan Stanley said on Thursday it expects the U.S Federal Reserve will not cut rates this year due to potential elevated inflation levels on the back of Trump's latest tariffs.
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Central banks are expected to help keep gold's stunning rally going this year with buying aimed at further diversifying reserves away from the dollar due to risks
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U.S. businesses have talked a lot about tariffs in the past few months, but very few modeled for them in their earnings outlooks.
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European stock futures plunged on Thursday after U.S.
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European shares fell on Wednesday, weighed by losses in healthcare stocks, as investors awaited tariff plans from U.S.
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Japan is showing signs of sustainably achieving the central bank's 2% inflation target with robust consumption and capital expenditure likely to underpin the economy,
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Traders boosted bets the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates in June and deliver a total of three quarter-point reductions to the policy rate by October, as U.S.
April 02, 2025
Rising tariffs in the U.S. could feed into more prolonged inflation than might be expected, Fed Governor Adriana Kugler said on Wednesday, pushing back on
April 02, 2025
Two of the five members of the Ghana central bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted for its prime interest rate to be kept at 27% during the last meeting, at which the bank
April 02, 2025
Gold prices extended gains on Wednesday to hover near all-time highs, boosted by safe-haven inflows after U.S.
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The U.S. administration's tariff hikes should not derail an ongoing decline in inflation in Europe, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday, adding that the
April 02, 2025
Brazil's industrial production unexpectedly fell in February from the previous month, official data showed on Wednesday, marking the fifth consecutive month without a positive
April 02, 2025
U.S. tariff hikes may slow down world economic growth and fuel inflation, and oil prices could be lower than forecast for several years as a result of reduced global demand, the
April 02, 2025
Ghana's annual consumer inflation slowed for a third straight month to 22.4% in March from 23.1% the previous month, as food price pressures eased, the statistics agency said on
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A majority of Brazilians now disapprove of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's performance leading Latin America's largest economy, a fresh poll showed on Wednesday, as high
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At the end of last year, when Americans were still looking ahead to Donald Trump's second turn as president, most seemed right with the U.S.
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Japanese tyremaker Bridgestone said it plans to cut jobs at two factories in northern Spain in reaction to an adverse evolution of the European market and the rise of non-European
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Mexico's government sees its economy growing between 1.5% and 2.3% this year, down from a prior estimate of 2.0% to 3.0%, a draft budget from the country's finance ministry
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South Korea's consumer prices rose 2.1% in March from a year earlier, after a rise of 2.0% in February, government data showed on Wednesday.
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Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee on Tuesday said while the "hard" data show the underlying U.S. economy is solid, the labor market strong, and inflation
April 01, 2025
Peru's consumer prices rose in March for the second month in a row, but registered an annual slowdown, data published on Tuesday by national statistics agency INEI showed.
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Lackluster new U.S. jobs data and a weak report on manufacturing highlight an emerging concern among Federal Reserve officials that employment could slip even
April 01, 2025
U.S. manufacturing contracted in March after growing for two straight months, while a measure of inflation at the factory gate jumped to the highest level in
April 01, 2025
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Australia's central bank on Tuesday left its cash rate steady as widely expected but took a small step towards further easing in a policy meeting
April 01, 2025
Australian retail sales rose modestly for a second straight month in February as a long-awaited cut in interest rates combined with slower inflation to boost consumer sentiment and
March 31, 2025
Colombia's central bank held the benchmark interest rate at 9.5% on Monday, surprising the market, which expected policymakers to resume cuts to
March 31, 2025
Prices in British shops fell less in March than in February and are likely to climb soon due to the impact of a new tax on employers and other costs for retailers,
March 31, 2025
President Donald Trump’s fast-approaching “Liberation Day” sent stock markets swinging sharply worldwide
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The dollar strengthened against the Japanese yen and the euro on Monday, but was set for its largest quarterly decline since July 2024, as uncertainty around U.S.
March 31, 2025
Argentina's poverty rate fell sharply in the second half of 2024, the government's INDEC statistics agency said on Monday, a
March 31, 2025
Colombia's central bank held the benchmark interest rate at 9.5% on Monday, surprising the market, which expected policymakers to resume cuts to borrowing costs despite inflation
March 31, 2025
Inflation in Colombia likely eased in March, after increasing in the first two months of the year due to higher minimum wages and gas tariffs subsidies, a
March 31, 2025
Brazilian central bank director Nilton David signaled on Monday that policymakers will monitor inflation expectations when determining their next steps, anticipating that inflation
March 31, 2025
Average annual inflation in Poland will amount to 4.1% in 2025, and it will then slow to 3.2% in 2026 and 2.7% in 2027, according to forecasts published on Monday in the central
March 31, 2025
High uncertainty, mainly due to U.S. trade policy announcements, means the European Central Bank needs to be cautious in reducing its interest rates, governing council member Fabio
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Recession odds are rising as Trump’s trade war escalates, Goldman Sachs says
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The National Bank of Poland (NBP) is expected to keep its main interest rate steady at 5.75% on Wednesday, a Reuters poll showed, as inflation stands near double
March 31, 2025
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The usual festive mood of Eid al-Fitr holiday to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan has been subdued in Indonesia this year as people grapple with soaring prices for food, clothing and essential goods
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Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Friday that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will not adopt unorthodox policies with next year's presidential election in mind, where
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UK shares edged lower on Friday as investors avoided big bets on concerns over the global economic fallout exacerbating trade tensions already heightened by tariffs.
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San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly on Friday said inflation data published earlier in the day confirms her decreased confidence in her baseline expectation that two
March 28, 2025
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March 28, 2025
Canadian home prices are set to lag overall inflation this year, a Reuters poll of property market experts showed, with transaction volumes
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The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index increased 0.3% in February after advancing by an unrevised 0.3% in January, the U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday.
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San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly still sees two interest-rate cuts this year as a "reasonable" projection, but the recent plateauing of inflation
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U.S. consumer spending rebounded less than expected in February while a measure of underlying prices increased by the most in 13 months, stoking fears the
March 28, 2025
Wall Street stocks ended sharply lower on Friday, with selloffs in Amazon, Microsoft and other technology heavyweights, after U.S. data stoked fears of
March 28, 2025
ECB policymaker Joachim Nagel said on Friday he was encouraged by recent data on inflation in a number of euro zone economies but warned against over-optimism as the European
March 28, 2025
Ghana's central bank on Friday raised its main interest rate by 100 basis points to 28%, saying the impact of the rate hike on consumer inflation will be
March 28, 2025
An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve remained high last month even before the impact of most tariffs has been felt
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Spain's annual inflation rate has fallen this month to its slowest pace since October as heavy rains boosted hydropower output, bringing down electricity prices, preliminary data from the
March 28, 2025
The economic outlook for the euro zone is complicated by fears about a trade war with the United States but at least inflation is heading down towards the European Central Bank's
March 28, 2025
Inflation in March came in far below forecasts in two of the euro zone's largest economies, data showed on Friday, while consumer expectations for price growth remained muted,
March 28, 2025
French consumer prices rose less than anticipated in March, as accelerating prices for services were offset by declining energy prices, preliminary data from statistics agency INSEE showed
March 28, 2025
Bank of Japan policymakers were at loggerheads this month over how soon they should raise interest rates again as some focused on domestic inflationary pressure and
March 27, 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia will keep its cash rate unchanged on Tuesday as it waits for concrete signs of easing inflation, according to a Reuters poll of
March 27, 2025
Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital stayed above the central bank's target and accelerated in March on steady gains in food costs, data showed
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Richmond Federal Reserve President Tom Barkin said he did not expect consumers to face the full brunt of the 25% tax the Trump administration has
March 27, 2025
The Federal Reserve's current "moderately restrictive" monetary policy is right for an environment with an abnormal amount of uncertainty and fast
March 27, 2025
The euro zone's economic recovery may have been held back by households' "misperception" of inflation and income, which has made them reluctant to spend, European
March 27, 2025
The Bank of Mexico delivered a unanimous 50-basis-point interest rate cut to 9.00% on Thursday, highlighting progress on inflation but warning of heightened
March 27, 2025
Global stocks fell for a second straight session and gold hit a record high on Thursday after the latest tariffs from U.S.
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President Donald Trump's permanent 25% tariff on imported autos has expanded the global trade war, feeding expectations for higher prices for cars and other products, but
March 27, 2025
The Brazilian central bank's economic policy director Diogo Guillen said on Thursday that when inflation expectations are unanchored, as they are now, interest
March 27, 2025
Brazil's 12-month inflation rate accelerated slightly less than expected in early March but still hit its highest level in two years, official data showed on Thursday, as the
March 27, 2025
Brazil's central bank raised its inflation projections on Thursday for the long-term despite anticipating weaker economic activity this year, and said that this scenario makes
March 27, 2025
The Bank of Ghana and the Central Bank of Kenya will pause cutting interest rates at their upcoming meetings and resume in May, a Reuters poll found on
March 27, 2025
Norway's central bank kept interest rates on hold at a 17-year high of 4.50% on Thursday, in line with most forecasts, as an unexpected resurgence of inflation led policymakers to
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Risks have increased that U.S. inflation will stall above the Federal Reserve's 2% target or even rise further in the near term, with rising import taxes potentially
March 26, 2025
The Bank of Canada saw less evidence of downward pressure on inflation even as it decided to cut rates by 25 basis points on March
March 26, 2025
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March 26, 2025
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March 26, 2025
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari on Wednesday said he's uncertain about the effect of President Donald Trump's tariffs on the U.S. economy, with the
March 26, 2025
European shares closed lower on Wednesday, dragged by technology and healthcare stocks, while investors remained concerned about impending U.S. tariffs set to take effect
March 26, 2025
British equities closed higher on Wednesday, buoyed by rising energy stocks, after finance minister Rachel Reeves pushed back government spending plans in a long-anticipated budget update.
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British finance minister Rachel Reeves announced her budget update to parliament on Wednesday.
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Sweden's central bank is set to hold the interest rate steady for the foreseeable future, but rate-setters are ready to act if inflation deviates too much from the target,
March 26, 2025
Sri Lanka's central bank kept its key policy rate unchanged for a second consecutive meeting on Wednesday to underpin the island nation's economic recovery
March 26, 2025
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said he expected interest rates to be "a fair bit lower" in 12-18 months but added that it may take longer than anticipated for the
March 26, 2025
Brazil is set to face inflationary pressure from rising corn prices, which could overshadow a sharp drop in rice, as President
March 25, 2025
U.S. consumer confidence continued its sharp 2025 decline as Americans’ views about their financial futures fell to a 12-year low, driven by rising concerns over tariffs and inflation
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Energy costs lifted Spanish industrial prices in February to their highest level in two years, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Tuesday.
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