Prices

TOKYO – An index measuring prices Japanese firms charge each other for services rose in April at the fastest annual pace in more than two years, data showed on Thursday, …

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka hiked petrol prices by 20%-24% on Tuesday and also increased diesel prices by 35%-38%, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said. In a message on Twitter, …

BUENOS AIRES – A senior official in Argentina charged with leading government efforts to tame sky-high inflation resigned on Monday due to differences over how to contain steadily creeping prices, …

ATHENS – Greece said on Monday the European Commission has initially approved its scheme to set a ceiling on wholesale electricity prices and mitigate the impact of soaring energy costs …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Gas prices across the Jersey Shore edged higher this weekend, and while in some places along the shore, prices reached $5 per gallon for regular unleaded …

By Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON – Nationwide Building Society said on Friday rocketing inflation could send British house prices into reverse, in one of the clearest warnings yet …

WASHINGTON – U.S. existing home sales dropped to the lowest level in nearly two years in April as house prices jumped to a record high amid a persistent lack of …

US Will Soon See Average Gas Prices Above $6 A Gallon, Energy Analyst Says Thomas Catenacci on May 18, 2022 The average price of gasoline nationwide could reach $6 per …

By Bernadette Christina and Fransiska Nangoy (Reuters) – Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil exporter, has since April 28 halted shipments of the edible oil in a bid to flood …

By Howard Schneider (Reuters) – Online prices fell 0.5% in April and U.S. consumers pulled back on electronic commerce, possibly reflecting a change in consumer behavior and the Federal Reserve’s …

Biden Cancels More Oil And Gas Leases As Fuel Prices Skyrocket Thomas Catenacci on May 12, 2022 The Biden administration canceled all three remaining offshore oil and gas lease sales …

‘The Strength That We’ve Built Is Inflation’: Biden Attempts To Explain Plan To Address Rising Prices Laurel Duggan on May 10, 2022 President Joe Biden said inflation was both a …

Fuel Prices Hit Record Highs After Biden Promised To Lower Costs Thomas Catenacci on May 10, 2022 The average price of gasoline in the U.S. shot up to a new …

New Ad Claims Biden Can Cut Gas Prices By 30 Cents Per Gallon ‘With The Stroke Of A Pen’ Thomas Catenacci on May 9, 2022 A fossil fuel industry group …

SANTIAGO – Chile’s consumer prices rose 1.4% in April boosted by rising costs in food and non-alcoholic beverages, the government’s statistics agency said on Friday. The figure, which was also …

ROME – World food prices eased slightly in April after hitting a record high in March, but global food security remained a concern because of the difficult market conditions, U.N. …

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK – U.S. fuel prices have surged faster than crude oil prices in the last month, as the United States has shipped more refined products abroad …

By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO – Core consumer prices in Tokyo, considered a leading indicator of Japanese price trends, rose 1.9% in April from a year earlier, marking …

Toms River, NJ – Gas prices across New Jersey are back on the rise with some stations in the Jersey Shore area charging as much as $3.40 per gallon. According …

WASHINGTON – U.S. services industry growth unexpectedly slowed in April, with employment contracting for the second time this year, while a measure of input prices raced to a record high. …

By John Revill ZURICH -Geberit will raise prices again this year as it tackles “an unprecedented surge” in raw materials costs hitting the construction industry, the Swiss plumbing products maker …

Biden Admin Silent On The Fate Of Major Natural Gas Pipeline As Energy Prices Soar Thomas Catenacci on May 3, 2022 The Biden administration has remained silent on a key …

LONDON – Shop prices in Britain surged last month at the fastest rate in more than a decade and worse is to come, according to a survey published on Wednesday …

LONDON – BP does not expect any let off in oil prices in the near term as the volume of Russian oil impacted by Western sanctions was expectd to double, …