Tag: inflation
Turkish Inflation Seen Hitting 19-Year Record Amid Lira Woes
Turkish inflation is expected to surge to a 19-year high in December, propelled by a slump in the lira and President Recep...
Oil prices edge higher but investor worries on Omicron spread remain
Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday, though investors remained worried about the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant globally, prompting countries...
Gold holds steady as investors weigh faster Fed taper prospects
Gold prices held steady on Monday as market participants weighed the prospect of a faster ending to pandemic-era asset purchases by the...
On inflation, central bankers shouldn’t take market’s word for it
Investors are pricing in the briskest inflation rates in decades for the United States and the euro zone but central bankers may...
Riding the crypto rollercoaster: Bitcoin nears record high
Bitcoin is on the cusp of an all-time high, its latest rally fuelled by the launch of the first U.S. bitcoin futures...
New Zealand joins the great central bank exit
New Zealand’s central bank hiked interest rates on Wednesday for the first time in seven years, becoming the second major developed economy...
ECB’s Lagarde promises not to overreact inflation surge
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde played down inflation fears on Tuesday, and promised patience before policy tightening as the bank was...
German inflation hits fresh 13-year high in August
Germany’s annual consumer price inflation accelerated to a fresh 13-year high in August, data showed on Monday, underlining growing price pressures as...
Inflation vs jobs hole: A tradeoff the Fed still hopes to...
The Federal Reserve’s year-old promise to drive U.S. employment to new heights came at a wrenching moment last August, with 12 million...
When is an economy overheating?
Can an economy pop from too much stimulus? That’s the concern behind “overheating,” a term that’s been the center of economic debate...