Inflation

Yemen's rival powers battle over banknotes

Yemen’s warring sides opened a new front in their five-year conflict on Saturday - a battle over old and new banknotes that threatens to create two economies in the same state.

Are we headed towards a revolution in economic policy-making?

The fallout from the 2008 global financial crisis refuses to go away and now leading economists may be looking to upend traditional neoliberal economic policy.

Turkish economy returns to growth, expanding 0.9 percent year-on-year in Q3

After going into recession last year, Turkey's economy has been showing signs of recovery as inflation fell to single digits in October, largely due to a so-called base effect.

Fed cuts rates a 3rd time this year but signals likely pause

Stocks are slipping in early trading on Wall Street as traders hold back ahead of an interest rate announcement from the Federal Reserve.

Peso volatility could be a deciding factor in Argentina’s election

President Mauricio Macri has struggled to contain runaway inflation and could pay the price in October’s presidential election.

Turkish Central Bank cuts year-end inflation forecast

The inflation rate will fluctuate between 11.5 percent and 16.3 percent through the end of this year, Central Bank Governor Murat Uysal said during Inflation Report 2019.

Turkey to see lower interest rates – finance minister Albayrak

Finance and Treasury Minister Berat Albayrak says over $10 billion in foreign investments entered Turkey since May, and the Turkish economy will grow "positively this year."

Soaring prices, rising anger in Imran Khan's Pakistan

One year after the former cricketer took office as prime minister, Pakistanis struggle with rising inflation, slow growth and sluggish reform.

Eurozone growth, inflation cut as risks from US trade grow

In its quarterly economic forecasts, the European Union's executive arm says prices will grow less than previously predicted, pushing the inflation rate further off the European Central Bank's target of close to but less than two percent.

Paris catches Asia in most expensive city race

Paris, Hong Kong, and Singapore share the top spot of the world's most expensive cities to live in, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's bi-annual survey of 133 cities.

Turkey's annual inflation stands at 19.67 pct in February

In February 2019, the annual inflation edges down 0.68 percentage points from 20.35 percent in January, the country’s statistical authority says.

Sudan protests spread to the capital city

The River Nile State declared emergency and curfew on Wednesday as protesters called for overthrow of Omar al Bashir's government