inflation

11 Latin American nations announce inflation battle plan

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- The leaders of 11 Latin American nations, including its two biggest economies, Brazil and Mexico,…

Squeezed by high costs, US tenants grapple with eviction

  Alexandria, United States | AFP | Sunday 4/2/2023 by Beiyi SEOW For nearly eight years, driving for a ride-hailing…

Japan inflation slows to 3.1% in February

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's consumer prices rose 3.1 percent in February from a year earlier, government data showed Friday,…

Sweden rediscovers poverty as inflation soars

  Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | by Viken KANTARCI It's not yet 6 am and dozens of homeless people are…

Argentina inflation exceeds 100%

Inflation in Argentina came in at 102.5 percent in the 12 months to February, exceeding the symbolic triple-digit mark and…

Canada inflation continues to cool to 5.9%

Ottawa, Canada | AFP | Tuesday 2/21/2023  Canadians paid 5.9 percent more for goods and services in January than a…

‘Like James Bond,’ Argentine price spies fight inflation

by Eduardo DE MIGUEL Agence France Presse Buenos Aires, Argentina (AFP) -- Like a veritable undercover agent, Monica Schenone tries…

US inflation eases in January but kept high by rent, energy costs

Washington, United States | AFP | US consumer inflation cooled slightly in January but the figure remains markedly above policymakers'…

Half a million strike in UK’s largest walkout in 12 years

Half a million workers went on strike in Britain on Wednesday, calling for higher wages in the largest such walkout…

Wages set to rise sharply to catch spiralling inflation, ECB predicts

  Berlin, Germany (AFP) The eurozone will experience "very strong" growth in wages in the next months as salaries catch up with…

Japan inflation at 3.7% in November, highest since 1981

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Prices in Japan rose at their fastest pace since 1981 in November, data showed Friday,…

Recession in US ‘not inevitable’: Yellen

FORT WORTH, United States (AFP) -- A recession in the US is "not inevitable," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday,…

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