Economic Indicators4 minutes ago (Aug 08, 2018 09:50PM ET) BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s annual consumer inflation rate accelerated to 2.1 percent in July, beating expectations, official data showed on Thursday. The consumer price index (CPI) had been expected to rise 1.9 percent from a year earlier, according to a Reuters poll, unchanged from the pace […]
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ECB’s Lautenschlaeger: ‘We should gradually raise interest rates’
NEWS | 6 minutes ago Reuters is out with the comments delivered by the European Central Bank (ECB) Executive board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger, in a weekend interview with a German newspaper, Welt am Sonntag. Key Quotes: It would be wrong for the ECB to abruptly change direction. “That would help neither the economy nor price stability … I am […]
BOJ policymakers at logger-heads addressing weak prices, rising stimulus cost
Economy24 minutes ago (Aug 02, 2018 09:40PM ET) TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan policymakers disagreed on how to address soft inflation and the rising cost of its ultra-easy policy, minutes of their June meeting showed, underscoring the challenge they face in achieving their elusive price target. The minutes showed the BOJ board likely deliberated […]