Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the BRC, said: “In the UK, fruit and vegetable prices increased due to the hot, dry weather, reducing harvest yields,” while prices of meat “have been impacted by ...

Donald Trump’s “breathtaking fiscal policy excess” and attacks on the Federal Reserve’s independence risk diminishing the ...

French central bank governor says further easing remains possible as underlying inflation outlook remains unchanged ...

The surprise, however, is that despite the shocks emanating from Washington and the Middle East, US stocks are still grinding ...

The US’s headline personal consumption expenditures inflation index for May rose at an annual rate of 2.3 per cent, in line with consensus expectations and slightly above April’s 2.2 per cent rise. On ...

Headline inflation in Japan remained unchanged in May at 3.5 per cent and remains well above the BoJ’s 2 per cent target. The ...

The negative price is the spot price; a lot of concentrates are sold under annual terms instead, which currently has a positive [smelting fee] of $21.50 per tonne. That is still very low; at that ...

This is an audio transcript of the Unhedged podcast episode: ‘Can anything stop the US economy?’ Robert Armstrong Inflation, high interest rates, an AI bubble, bad sentiment, tariffs, a lousy housing ...

Economic data: Releases include the final estimate of US first-quarter growth, advanced goods trade balance and core personal ...

Knot: That depends on the relative weight of the factors. In the short run, trade tensions create significant uncertainty, which weighs on investment and consumption. It’s a negative demand shock that ...

The UK’s headline consumer price inflation index rose at an annual pace of 3.4 per cent in May, below April’s figure of 3.5 per cent and in line with market and BoE expectations.

The rise in average prices charged by UK businesses was the slowest in more than four years in June, as companies continued to shed jobs and economic activity remained subdued, according to a closely ...