Inflation
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US consumer inflation holds at 2.7% as tariff worries persist
WASHINGTON: Consumer inflation in the United States was unchanged in July, data showed on Tuesday (Aug 12), but underlying price…
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Asia
Markets boosted by China-US truce extension, inflation in focus
Expectations are for CPI to come slightly above June’s reading, but analysts warned investors were walking a fine line with…
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Mexico
Central Bank brings interest rate to a 3-year low
Mexico’s central bank slowed its pace of monetary easing Thursday, cutting its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points after…
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Mexico
Sheinbaum on US immigration raids: Thursday recap
An immigration raid in the United States and plans to meet with the leaders of Mexico’s two southern neighbors were…
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Asia
Thailand records another negative inflation reading in July
BANGKOK: Thailand’s annual inflation rate was negative for a fourth straight month in July, driven by price drops in energy…
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Key US inflation gauge rose last month as Trump’s tariffs lifted goods prices
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked higher last month in a sign that President Donald Trump’s broad-based…
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Enough apologies: How Japan is shaking its price hike phobia
TOKYO: When Japanese ice pop maker Akagi Nyugyo raised its prices a meagre 10 yen in 2016, its sombre-faced management…
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Asia
Japan’s food inflation to intensify in July, survey shows
TOKYO: Japanese households will get no respite from rising living costs with a five-fold increase expected in the number of…
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Mexico
Mexico central bank cuts interest rate to lowest point in 3 years
Mexico’s central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points in a split vote on Thursday, while leaving…
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Asian shares are mixed and oil prices advance as Israel-Iran crisis escalates
HONG KONG — Asian shares were mixed on Monday and oil prices extended gains on worries that escalating Iran-Israel tensions…
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