China's export slide to steepen in June, imports seen down

BEIJING: China's export slump is expected to have accelerated in June, as sluggish overseas economies struggling with inflation and rising interest rates buy up fewer ... 9.5% year-on-year ... Read More

3.9% March inflation seen

I think 3.9 percent, but we’ll see,” BSP Governor Eli Remolona Jr. told reporters on Wednesday. Remolona’s projection means inflation has ... 3.6 percent this year. According to Remolona ... Read More

Xi Thinks China Can Slow Climate Change. What if He’s Right?

He wants China to win the race to provide climate solutions and assume the global leadership that would come with it. Read More

Inflation slowed to 3 percent in June, hits lowest rate in two years

Consumer prices rose 3 percent annually in June and 0.2 percent last month alone, according to inflation data ... Food prices are up 5.7 percent from a year ago, but grocery store prices have ... Read More

Inflation Picks Up to 3.2%, Slightly Hotter Than Expected

U.S. inflation ... later this year. Consumer prices rose 3.2% in February from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Tuesday, up slightly from economists’ expectations of 3.1%. Read More

Inflation rose slightly to 3.2 percent in February

The rate of annual inflation came in slightly above January's 3.1 percent reading and much higher than the Federal Reserve 's 2 percent target. President Biden today welcomed the news that key ... Read More

Inflation ticked higher in February as consumer spending soared

up 0.1 percentage points from January. “Core” inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, clocked in at 0.3 percent in February after rising 0.4 percent in January. Year-over ... Read More

Inflation seen unlikely to repeat February spike

MANILA — The Philippines will unlikely see an inflation flare-up similar to ... exceeded the 3.4 percent recorded in February, when rice price gains sizzled to a 15-year high of 23.7 percent. Read More

Fed keeps interest rates unchanged, still expects three cuts this year

Federal Chair Jerome Powell said recent high inflation ... rate is seen ending the year at 4%, lower than the 4.1% anticipated in December and barely changed from the 3.9% jobless rate recorded ... Read More

German Consumer Morale Seen Edging Up In April

German consumer sentiment is set to edge up for a second straight month in April but the pace of the recovery remains sluggish ... but is seen gaining momentum later in the year as inflation ... Read More

Federal Reserve still foresees 3 interest rate cuts this year despite bump in inflation

The Fed’s hikes have helped lower annual inflation from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022 ... rate has reached 3.9% — still a healthy level, but up from a half-century low last year of 3.4%. Read More