US consumer inflation rose last month to its highest level since January, government data showed Thursday, although analysts believe that this is unlikely to deter the central bank from an interest rate cut next week...
Inflation in Bangladesh in August 2025 marked the lowest in more than three years, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics released on Sunday.
Inflation in Germany rose in August for the first time this year but slowed in France and Italy, official data showed Friday, as the European Central Bank weighs its next monetary policy moves.
Sri Lanka鈥檚 deflationary streak ended in August, with prices climbing 1.2 per cent, official data showed Friday, as the cash-strapped economy emerges from a meltdown three years ago.
British inflation accelerated more than expected in July, reaching its highest level since the start of 2024, official data showed Wednesday, adding more pressure on the UK government and economy...
WHILE food inflation has put a large number of poor, low- and fixed-income people into difficulty, the persistent increase in rice prices appears to be pushing many into food insecurity. The increase in rice prices, moreover, remains the major contributor to food inflation. Fine rice inflation has stayed in double digits over the past twelve months, while the medium and coarse...
Rice prices continue to be the major contributor to food inflation as well as overall price hikes of essentials that lead majority people to struggle for food security amid spreading hidden hunger...
Rice prices in Bangladesh continue to exert significant pressure on food inflation as well as overall inflation, according to the latest economic update by the General Economics Division of the Planning Commission of the Planning Ministry...
The interim government is frequently raising allowances and incentives for the public officials despite a fund crisis and high inflation prevailing in the country...
US producer price inflation bounced in July to its highest reading since 2022, government data showed Thursday, with an uptick in services costs exceeding that in goods, as policymakers seek to gauge effects from President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs...
Net sales of National Savings Certificates (NSCs) remained negative for the third consecutive year in FY 2024鈥�25, driven by prolonged inflation, shifting investor preferences, and changes in government borrowing priorities...
Consumer prices in China remained stable in July, official data showed Saturday, providing a respite for the world鈥檚 second-largest economy, which is facing strong deflationary pressure and fragile domestic demand...
Bangladesh鈥檚 general inflation slightly rose to 8.55 per cent in July 2025 from 8.48 per cent a month earlier, driven largely by higher food prices, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)...
The Bangladesh Bank is set to announce its monetary policy statement for the first half (July鈥揇ecember) of the 2025鈥�26 fiscal year, reaffirming its tight monetary stance aimed at bringing down inflation to 6.5 per cent by June 2026...
Despite a record Boro harvest, rice prices in Bangladesh remain unusually high, raising questions about market manipulation amid weak monitoring as well as regulation...
The appointment of the national pay commission by the interim government to fix pay hikes for the public servants over the next six months has surprised economists amid chronic revenue shortfalls, growing government borrowings, and elevated inflation.
US consumer inflation picked up in line with analyst expectations last month, government data showed Tuesday, as policymakers try to gauge how president Donald Trump鈥檚 ever-growing list of tariffs is affecting the economy...
Stock markets mostly gained and the dollar eased Tuesday ahead of key US inflation data, and after Chinese economic growth data met expectations...
Net sales of National Savings Certificates continued to decline in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, driven by prolonged inflation, shifting investor preferences, and a change in government borrowing priorities...
Malaysia鈥檚 central bank cut on Wednesday its interest rate by 25 basis points, its first reduction in five years, as a 鈥榩re-emptive measure鈥� to sustain growth amid moderate inflation...
The general inflation eased further and dropped from the 9 per cent mark to 8.48 per cent in June because of falling prices of food items...
Eurozone inflation accelerated slightly to 2.0 per cent in June, in line with analyst forecasts and the European Central Bank鈥檚 target, official data showed on Tuesday...
The net sales of National Savings Certificates continued to decline in the first 10 months of the current financial year due mainly to the impact of prolonged inflation, changing investor behaviour, and shifting government priorities....
US consumer inflation ticked up in May, in line with analyst expectations, government data showed Wednesday as president Donald Trump鈥檚 sweeping tariffs began to ripple through the world鈥檚 biggest economy...
Businesses and experts have said that the proposed national budget for the 2025-26 financial year was overly ambitious, particularly regarding revenue targets, private investment, inflation control and GDP growth...
The interim government has targeted to bring down inflation to 6.5 per cent in the 2025鈥�26 financial year despite the current inflation level remaining above 9 per cent.
Japanese inflation spiked to a two-year high in April, data showed Friday, as rice prices almost doubled, turning focus on the central bank as it mulls more interest rate hikes amid the Trump administration鈥檚 trade war.
PERSISTENT food inflation, largely caused by a fragmented, inefficient market system, has placed millions of fixed- and low-income people in a precarious situation. Market experts, the consumers鈥� association and independent studies have for long pointed out the issue. Now, the Bangladesh Bank says that an inefficient market system, characterised by supply chain...
The overall inflation rate eased for a fifth straight month in April, but it still remained high.
The overall rate of inflation remained almost unchanged as it persisted over 9 per cent in March, while the gross domestic product growth bounced back in the second quarter of the current financial year of 2024鈥�25...