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2% inflation is holding the Federal Reserve hostage: This is what the stock market desperately needs to keep growing

The American stock market ended the first quarter in a state of deep conceptual uncertainty. The attention of the majority of traders and financial media today is closely focused on the rhetoric of ...
Forbes

Rising Inflation Puts New Strain On The Fed Path Ahead

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Sherman reports on business, economics, finance, tech, and law. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
Finance & Commerce

Retail sales, import prices surge as inflation pressures grow

WASHINGTON — U.S. retail sales increased solidly for a third straight month in April, though part of the rise in receipts was due to soaring inflation amid the war with Iran. Rising price pressures ...

Food price pressures deepen as civil society warns of growing hunger crisis

The latest Household Affordability Index reveals a worrying trend in food prices across South Africa, with inflation rising ...
Business Day

35m Nigerians face acute hunger risk as lean season looms — UN Warns

As Nigeria braces for its annual lean season, a stark warning from the United Nations has raised alarm that up to 35 million ...
The Conversation

What exactly is inflation, and are interest rates the only option for dealing with it?

Just when we thought it was safe to return to the supermarket aisle, it seems inflation has come back to bite us again. Worse, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) predicts it will linger for longer ...