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By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) – The European Central Bank needs to keep interest rates high to curb inflation in the medium term, its president Christine Lagarde said on Friday, …

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad on Thursday suggested that the country’s new government is looking at adjusting the timeline for achieving its inflation target. He said in …

By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – British consumer confidence has risen for the fourth month in a row to its highest in 15 months as households take a more positive …

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Governor and vice chair nominee Philip Jefferson said progress on inflation may be slowing but said it was also too early in …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s no. 2 official said on Wednesday she sees sizeable risks that inflation will remain high or accelerate in many emerging markets and urged …

By Horacio Soria BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – In Juan Capano’s shoemakers’ workshop on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, 109% inflation makes a painful daily impact: constantly changing input costs for …

By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Poland’s government must ensure its fiscal policies support the fight to bring inflation down, the International Monetary Fund’s regional head told Reuters, days after …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation accelerated last month, Eurostat said on Wednesday, confirming preliminary data pointing to increasingly stubborn price growth among the 20 nations sharing the euro. Overall …

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who navigated a combative White House and a pandemic in his first years as head of the U.S. central …

By Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON (Reuters) – Inflation has peaked in emerging Europe, central Asia and north Africa, but rising gas prices in the coming winter will keep pressure on …

SYDNEY(Reuters) – Australia’s central bank decided to hike at its May meeting due to inflation risks from weak productivity growth, persistently high services inflation and faster-than-forecast rental increases, saying more …

By Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government is bolstering its economic defenses as it battles runaway inflation that hit 109% in April, fast draining central bank foreign currency …

By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s annual inflation rose to 22.22% in April from 22.04% the previous month, as the price of food continued to rise, the National Bureau …

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone economic growth will be faster than previously expected this year and next thanks to faster expansion in Italy and Spain, but inflation …

DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s annual inflation rate was 2.7% in April, unchanged from the previous month, driven mostly by housing rental costs, government data released on Monday showed. Housing, …

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Inflation in Sweden slowed faster than expected in April, data from the statistics office showed on Monday, good news for the central bank that has fretted that …

MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s headline retail inflation in May is likely to fall further towards 4% — the midpoint of the central bank’s target and a level last seen in …

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Federal Reserve Governor Philip Jefferson said on Friday he is just as serious about the central bank’s goal of full employment as about its mandate for …

By Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s annual retail inflation eased to 18-month low in April, staying well below the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) upper tolerance limit for …

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s near-term rate of inflation is expected to continue to ease over the coming two years, a survey showed on Monday. The Reserve Bank of New …

By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Thursday singled out the rising price of services as his top concern in the ECB’s …

LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England must stay the course to ensure the level of inflation falls back to its 2% target, the central bank’s Governor Andrew Bailey said …

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak risks missing his goal of halving inflation this year as underlying inflation shows little sign of having peaked in …