2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Shoppers are seen wearing masks while shopping at a Walmart store, in North Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 2/2 By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer prices accelerated in May as gasoline prices hit a record high and the cost of food soared, leading to the…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A worker walks pasts the logo of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) inside its headquarters building in Lima, Peru June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s central bank raised the country’s benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 5.5% on Thursday, the eleventh consecutive hike, as…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People run with Tokyo’s business district in the background, in Tokyo, Japan, April 7, 2021. Picture taken April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s wholesale inflation moderated in May but yen-based import prices surged at a record annual pace, data showed on Friday, a sign the currency’s…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Bank of Korea is seen on the top of its building in Seoul, South Korea, March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji 2/2 SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank warned on Thursday that greater attention should be paid to the impact of a weaker won on inflation…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Thailand’s central bank is seen at the Bank of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Silva By Orathai Sriring and Kitiphong Thaichareon BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s central bank left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low again on Wednesday, despite surging inflation, and raised slightly its 2022…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire arrives before a meeting with France’s President Emmanuel Macron and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire reaffirmed on Wednesday that he expected the peak in inflation…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask walks past the headquarters of Bank of Japan amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, May 22, 2020.REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/ By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan will consider downgrading its assessment on factory output at this month’s policy…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Plastic letters arranged to read “Sanctions” are placed in front the flag colors of U.S. and Russia in this illustration taken February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration 2/2 WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department has advised U.S. money managers that Washington’s sanctions on Moscow bar any secondary market purchases of debt…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Maersk Line container ship Maersk Batam sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey August 10, 2018. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 2/2 By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast by nearly a third to 2.9% for 2022,…
© Reuters. US Inflation Nearer 1980 Peak Than Thought, Summers Group Says (Bloomberg) — US inflation is running even closer today to its 1980 peak, fresh analysis of historical price data shows, suggesting that the Federal Reserve’s task of bringing price gains back to its target is tougher than previously thought. A group of economists…





