Inflation
8 hours ago
Turkey's central bank held its key interest rate steady on Thursday but warned it could hike it again as the country's soaring inflation remains a headache for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government. The central bank's monetary policy committee decided to keep the policy rate at 50 percent. But it left the door open to raising…
3 days ago
Inflation will hit 34.98 per cent this month, analysts at Cordros Capital analysts have said.
19 Apr
Rising inflation and weak earnings have pushed 10 million Nigerians into poverty in 2023, the World Bank in its Macro Poverty Outlook for Nigeria: April 2024 has stated.
18 Apr
Inflation reduces the purchasing power of money over time, meaning that the same amount of money will buy fewer
12 Apr
Ahead of the release of Nigeria’s inflation rate for March, CAPE Economic Research and Consulting has disclosed that the country’s consumer price index would increase to 32.65 per cent from 31.70 in February 2024.
12 Apr
Global goods trade is expected to pick up gradually this year following a contraction in 2023 that was driven by the lingering effects of high energy prices and inflation, experts and economists have revealed in a new forecast.
11 Apr
Tokyo stocks opened lower on Thursday after hotter-than-expected US inflation data drove down Wall Street shares, while the yen briefly hit a 34-year low.
5 Apr
India's central bank kept interest rates unchanged for the seventh time in a row on Friday, with the world's fifth-largest economy seeing both lingering inflation risks and strong economic growth.
3 Apr
Last month’s purchasing manager index (PMI) showed no changes in business confidence, stagnating at 51 points at the end of the end of last month, the joint-lowest in the last four months.
1 Apr
As food inflation continues to worsen the purchasing power of the average Nigerian, it now costs Nigerians an average of N938 to have a single healthy diet.
29 Mar
What changed in the production and marketing chain to warrant such a quantum jump in price within 48 hours? Did money supply change within such a short time to justify that level of inflation? This is an abracadabra that is clearly beyond market force.
22 Mar
Global warming and heatwaves are expected to further increase food prices and overall inflation across the world in future, according to new research from scientists and the European Central Bank.