inflation rate

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Analysis

Managing inflation through price controls is an exercise in futility

Why is tariff cut still not being used as a tool to check inflation?
Analysis

Why is tariff cut still not being used as a tool to check inflation?

Plastic letters arranged to read "Inflation" are placed on U.S. Dollar banknote in this illustration taken, June 12, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Inflation

How governments are trying to ease inflation pain

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Economy

Inflation eases further to 8.71% in December

A customer shops in a supermarket in Nice, France, August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Global Economy

Inflation to stay high for two years - head of Germany's economic advisers

Inflation drops to 8.85% in November
Economy

Inflation drops to 8.85% in November

Many consumers rely too heavily on their experiences at the gas station and the supermarket to predict inflation.Photographer: Tim Boyle/Getty Images
Bloomberg Special

A new way to measure inflation expectations has bad news

Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell. Federal reserve officials this week gave their clearest signal that they’re willing to tolerate a recession as the necessary trade-off for regaining control on inflation. Photo: Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

The challenge of global disinflation

Pedestrians pass by Argentina's Banco Central (Central Bank) in Buenos Aires' financial district, Argentina, January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo
Global Economy

Argentina's inflation rate expected to hit 95% this year

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Global Economy

Softer inflation ‘huge relief’ for battered investors in US stocks and bonds

Emerging fragilities in the South Korean housing market due to the roll back of pandemic era monetary policy support would enforce a slowdown in the hawkish measures. Photo: Zequn Gui/UNSPLAH
Bloomberg Special

Case for rate hikes is heading for contested territory

Maruf Ahmed, research fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Monetary Policy Statement 2023: Will it curb inflation?

The US has reached a crossroads where the Federal Reserve is pricing in five rate hikes while expecting that they will not necessarily break the market or break the economy. Photo: Reuters
Bloomberg Special

Inflation or recession: Which should you fear more?