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CHINA SHOULD TARGET 6.5% GDP GROWTH IN 2017, SAYS THINK-TANK
China should set its GDP growth at around 6.5 percent for 2017, suggests the State Information Center in an article carried by the China Securities Journal... READ MORE›
CHINA OCTOBER FACTORY PRICES RISE MORE THAN FORECAST, CONSUMER PRICES ALSO PICK UP
Non-food prices inched up 1.7 percent versus September's 1.6 percent gain... READ MORE›
INDUSTRIAL PROFIT PULLBACK NOT A CONCERN, BUT BEWARE RISING DEBT
Price levels are generally on the rise, as the Producer Price Index turned positive during the month, ending a 54-month deflationary period... READ MORE›
RISING PRICES SHOW BEIJING'S SUPPLY-SIDE REFORMS WORKING
The Producer Price Index in September gained 0.5 percent month-over-month, marking the fastest rate of increase since May... READ MORE›
CHINA SEPT PRODUCER PRICES RISE FOR FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 5 YEARS
The producer price index PPI rose 0.1 percent in September from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday... READ MORE›
CHINA ECONOMY SEEN GROWING 6.6 PERCENT IN FOURTH QUARTER
The consumer price index CPI was seen likely to rise 2.1 percent for the fourth quarter and about 2 percent for the full year... READ MORE›
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UK INFLATION RATE FALLS TO ZERO IN FEBRUARY
UK inflation rate fell to 0 in February, the lowest since records began, official figures show... READ MORE›
QUALITY OF LIFE AROUND THE WORLD REVEALED AND BRITAIN DOESN'T EVEN MAKE THE TOP 10, SAYS NEW INDEX
The index placed Saudi Arabia and Turkmenistan above the UK in terms of quality of life as the country placed 9th in Europe... READ MORE›
CARE UK WORKERS CELEBRATE PAY OFFER TO END 90 DAYS OF STRIKES
Staff who transferred to Care UK from Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust would receive an additional 500 non-consolidated payment next month... READ MORE›
BUYING 'THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS' GIFTS IS A 2015 BARGAIN
Mirroring the government's core CPI, which excludes energy and food prices, PNC excluded the Seven-Swans-a-Swimming -- typically the most volatile cost -- from the overall index... READ MORE›
20 GROCERIES DRIVING UP YOUR FOOD BILL
Nationwide, food prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index CPI, increased 31.5 percent from 2005 through 2015, faster than general inflation over that period... READ MORE›
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRICES HIKE OVERALL FOOD COSTS
Curiously, potatoes recorded a five per cent drop in price... READ MORE›
CHINA PLANS TO SET 2015 GROWTH TARGET AT 'AROUND 7 PERCENT'
QUARTER-CENTURY LOW The last time China set its national growth target at 7 percent was in 2004, when the economy actually grew 10... READ MORE›
COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT IS WHAT NEEDS ADJUSTMENT
CHICAGO It is official Seniors will not get a cost-of-living adjustment in Social Security benefits in 2016... READ MORE›
ANOTHER GRIM YEAR FOR COMMODITIES AS GLOBAL SUPPLIES RISE
The forecast revision isn't a boon for oil prices, World Bank senior economist John Baffes, the report's main author, said in a statement... READ MORE›
INFLATION POSTS LARGEST INCREASE IN THREE YEARS
Excluding volatile food and gasoline items, so-called core inflation increased 0.2 percent, in line with economists' estimates... READ MORE›
LANDLORDS TO BE LIMITED TO JUST ONE RENT INCREASE IN ANY TWO-YEAR PERIOD AS ALAN KELLY FOLDS
A compromise deal has been thrashed out to end the bitter Coalition dispute centred around Environment Minister Alan Kelly... READ MORE›
JAPAN CONSUMER INFLATION FLAT, KEEPS BOJ UNDER PRESSURE
That compared with a median market forecast of a 0.1 percent increase and followed flat growth marked in January... READ MORE›
YOUNG AUSTRALIANS IN RENTAL STRESS DESPITE RECEIVING RENT ASSISTANCE
The same report says if rent assistance was not provided, 79 per cent of young people receiving rent assistance would be under rental stress... READ MORE›
CHINA APRIL CONSUMER INFLATION LESS THAN EXPECTED, PRODUCER DEFLATION EASES
The market had expected producer prices to fall 3.8 percent on an annual basis... READ MORE›
U.S. ECONOMY ON TRACK TO GROW 1.8 PERCENT IN THIRD QUARTER
This was a faster rate from the regional Fed bank's prior estimate of 1.4 percent last Thursday the Atlanta Fed said on its website... READ MORE›
EXPORTS BOOST UK MANUFACTURING IN JAN AS FACTORIES CUT PRICES
Exports boost UK manufacturing in Jan as factories cut prices PMI... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA TO UNVEIL STIMULUS STEPS AS INFLATION, EXPORTS FALTER
Core inflation in January, for instance, was at 1.7 percent, the lowest since December 2014... READ MORE›
CHINA'S CONSUMER PRICE INDEX IN MARCH UNCHANGED AT 2.3%
Food prices soared 7.6 percent year on year while non-food inflation edged up 1 percent in March... READ MORE›
BOARD BOWS IN APOLOGY OVER 12C PRICE RISE
In Japan's slow economy, board bows in apology over 12c price rise... READ MORE›
ANOTHER GRIM YEAR FOR COMMODITIES AS GLOBAL SUPPLIES RISE
The forecast revision isn't a boon for oil prices, World Bank senior economist John Baffes, the report's main author, said in a statement... READ MORE›
CHINA APRIL CONSUMER INFLATION LESS THAN EXPECTED, PRODUCER DEFLATION EASES
The market had expected producer prices to fall 3.8 percent on an annual basis... READ MORE›
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TURKEY'S CENTRAL BANK SAYS FOREX MOVES COULD FUEL INFLATION
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EUROPE'S NEXT BIG CURRENCY OPPORTUNITY JUST GOT A LOT CLOSER
Inflation is gathering strength, and it's set to accelerate faster than the central bank predicts in its forecast, Seidler said... READ MORE›
DUTERTE WANTS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TO STAY PAST LEGAL LIMIT
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wants the country's central bank governor to serve an unprecedented third term beyond July 2017, the finance secretary said on Tuesday... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA CUTS RATES TO HISTORIC LOWS TO HEAD OFF DEFLATION
RBA Governor Glenn Stevens, who retires next month after a decade at the helm of the central bank, was characteristically tight-lipped on the outlook for policy... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: UK BANKS ORDERED TO REVIEW CYBER SECURITY AFTER SWIFT HEIST
The Bank of England, one of the G10 central banks that oversee Brussels-based SWIFT, said it had no immediate comment... READ MORE›
DON'T COMPLETELY COUNT OUT JUNE RATE HIKE
On Monday, Wall Street wasn't much worried about the Federal Reserve raising interest rates at its June meeting... READ MORE›
FED TO DELAY RATE HIKE UNTIL SEPTEMBER ON TAME INFLATION OUTLOOK
Economists gave a 60 percent probability the Fed will pull the trigger by end-September, while for end-July, they penciled in a 40 percent chance... READ MORE›
'MIRACLE' NEEDED TO SAVE THE WORLD, BECAUSE CENTRAL BANKS CAN'T, SAYS BTIM'S VIMAL GOR
Mr Gor attributes the global low inflation problem to the fall in commodity prices and excess capacity in Asia... READ MORE›
IMF CUTS GLOBAL GROWTH OUTLOOK AGAIN, WARNS OF POLITICAL RISKS
In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF forecast global economic growth of 3.2 percent this year, compared to a forecast of 3.4 percent in January... READ MORE›
INFLATION TESTS AHEAD, CURRENCIES OFTEN NOT COOPERATING
Euro zone inflation is expected to be confirmed at -0.1 percent, well short of its goal of just under 2 percent... READ MORE›
FED TO MOVE 'CAUTIOUSLY' ON RATE HIKES
Fed Chair Janet Yellen cites weak global economy, raising doubts on spring hike... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN INTEREST RATES ON HOLD, INFLATION OUTLOOK UNCERTAIN
At the same time the bank issued its latest forecast predicting Russia's economy would contract by between 1.3 and 1.5 percent this year... READ MORE›