Grocery inflation hits 4.3% as households face renewed cost of living pressure
Grocery inflation has accelerated again, placing renewed strain on household budgets as food price rises picked up in…
Europe’s Economy Can Ride Out Iran War — If Over in a Month
(Bloomberg) — The next four weeks will determine whether Europe’s economy is facing a fresh crisis or simply…
Iran and the Strait of Hormuz: What rising oil prices mean for New Zealand – The Front Page
The narrow sea passage sits between Oman and Iran, and experts have said a prolonged conflict in the…
Spring forecast: Reeves to insist she has ‘right economic plan’; Markets drop again as Middle East crisis drives up oil and gas prices – live updates | Business
Introduction: Reeves to respond to spring forecast after oil and gas prices surge Good morning. “Events, dear boy,…
Saudi Firms Boost Hiring and Wages Despite Slowing Non-Oil Growth
The seasonally adjusted Riyad Bank Saudi Arabia Purchasing Managers’ Index slipped to 56.1 in February from 56.3 in…
Hong Kong’s strategy for HKIC to prop up city’s office market seen as challenging
Hong Kong’s government-backed investment fund is being redeployed to support the city’s sluggish commercial property sector, signaling authorities’…
Rachel Reeves’s plans could be hit by Middle East conflict, say economists | Spring forecast 2026
Soaring global energy prices as a result of the widening Middle East conflict will jeopardise Rachel Reeves’s plan…
Shutdown of Hormuz Strait raises fears of soaring oil prices | Oil and Gas News
The United States and Israel’s war with Iran has spilled over into the Strait of Hormuz, one of…
Below Greece’s big few, there’s chaos
The financial results of Greece’s bigger enterprises, mainly systemic banks and industries, which were released en masse at…
Japan January unemployment rate 2.7% vs 2.6% prior
Prior was 2.6%Jobs-to-applicants ratio 1.18 vs 1.19 expectedPrior ratio 1.19 Japan’s unemployment rate held at 2.6% for four…
Wellington economy struggles as rest of country starts to bounce back, figures show
But the employment figures are worse, with warnings the labour market shows “no sign of picking up”. “We…
‘Live’ chance of interest rate hike at March RBA meeting amid oil price spikes affecting inflation, governor says – The Guardian
‘Live’ chance of interest rate hike at March RBA meeting amid oil price spikes affecting inflation, governor says The…