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Tag Archive for: march 22 2022
Japan is an outlier. Last month, Japan’s core consumer price index—which excludes fuel and fresh food costs—declined. Prices overall...
Hitachi, Toshiba, Toyota, and other major Japanese corporations have increased annual salaries by the most in seven years as...
India is buying sanctioned Russian oil, the first step in what may become closer long-term trade ties. The two...
In the wake of a prolonged sell-off in Chinese stock markets, the government will take steps to “boost the...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is urging its 31 member countries to implement “emergency measures” to reduce oil demand...
The Bank of England (BoE) raised its key interest rate to the pre-COVID level of 0.75 percent on 17...
Inflation in the U.K. in January galloped at 5.5 percent, year over year, its fastest since 1992, driven by...
Consumer prices across the 27-member European Union swelled at an annual rate of 5.9 percent in February, the highest...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine and resulting sanctions on Russia’s exports will inflate food and energy prices, disrupt global supply...
Travelers are flocking to the skies, U.S. airlines say, and in such high numbers that the carriers can cover...
The average monthly vehicle payment for any kind of car or truck is now $691, according to data service...
About 45 percent of late-stage Millennials, those ages 18 to 35, are waiting for “normal” times to return before...
For the first time since May 2019, interest rates for 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages have risen above 4 percent, the...
Last year, for the first time, U.S. homeowners gained more in value through the rise in the value of...
In February, 7.2 percent fewer previously owned homes sold than in the month before and 2.4 percent fewer than...
Retailers are discovering the point at which higher prices mean falling sales. Macy’s added $100 to the price of...
The U.S. producer price index (PPI)—the prices that factories pay for their products’ components and raw materials—rose 0.8 percent...
New claims for unemployment benefits fell to 214,000 in the week ending 12 March, 15,000 less than the week...
Last month, American consumers kept on spending more, but at a slower rate of increase than in January. Retail...