World Economy Latest: Fed’s Powell Reins in Rate-Cut Expectations
Central bankers in North America’s two largest economies lowered borrowing costs this week, though yields on government debt…
Inflation in Greece falls to 1.7%
Greece’s European Union-harmonized inflation fell to 1.7% year-on-year in October from 1.8% in September, according to Eurostat preliminary…
AI Boom Drives US GDP Growth
I’m Ben Holland, an economics editor in Washington. Today we’re looking at the US AI boom and its…
Eurozone inflation slows despite rising cost of services – POLITICO
Despite a modest increase of only 0.1 percent in prices in October, services price inflation hit its highest…
Interest rates will fall again when inflation returns to target but that could require a painful adjustment
There is a big, fat elephant in the room. The federal government insists it has devoted considerable resources…
Non-price inflation: When numbers lose all meaning
We hear the word “inflation” and think of prices (of food, fuel, medication, rent). But inflation’s reach goes…
ECB Holds Rates With Inflation Near 2% and Economy Expanding
The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged for a third meeting, with inflation in check and the…
Our chocolate, coffee and oats have been getting smaller for years
Over the years, prices have gone up as products have got smaller. Experts examine how long the trend…
Powell cuts rates in the dark in historic move, with no jobs data and Trump heckling from abroad
The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, a…
White House Fossil Fuel Bet Is Losing to Green Energy
It’s been 19 months since Donald Trump promised that if elected the 47th President of the United States…
Australia Inflation Spike Boosts Case for Extended RBA Pause
Australia’s core inflation accelerated beyond expectations last quarter, complicating the Reserve Bank’s path to further policy easing and…
Annual inflation surges to 3.2pc in September quarter, up from 2.1pc in June
Inflation has surged in the September quarter with consumer prices rising at an annual pace of 3.2 per…