Tag: Inflation

• Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 07:28 UTC

  Fed admits public health situation will “weigh heavily on economic activity, jobs and inflation”

  

  The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left interest rates near zero and repeated a vow to do what it takes to shore up the U.S. economy amid an ongoing coronavirus pandemic that will not only “weigh heavily” on the near-term outlook but poses “considerable risks” for the medium term as well.

• Friday, April 10th 2020 - 15:37 UTC

  Brazilian March inflation the lowest in 25 years, with several consumer items in deflation

  

  Brazilian inflation slowed sharply in March, official figures showed on Thursday, falling to its lowest for that month in over quarter of a century as the new coronavirus crisis sapped demand for household goods and transport.

• Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 14:57 UTC

  Chilean consumer prices rose 0.3% in March, and 3.7% in twelve months

  

  Chile consumer prices rose 0.3% in March, the government's statistics agency said on Wednesday, pushed upwards by a rise in food and education costs but counterbalanced by a fall in transportation prices.

• Thursday, March 12th 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  Brazil February inflation, 0,25%, the lowest since the same month in 2000

  

  Brazilian inflation rose more than expected in February, official figures showed on Wednesday, although the monthly increase was still the lowest for any February in 20 years.

• Monday, February 24th 2020 - 06:53 UTC

  Leading central bankers, UK, EU and Japan, discuss how to reach the 2% inflation elusive target

  

  Central bankers from the United States, Japan and the euro zone meeting in the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia this weekend had their own shifting sands to cross – those of elusive inflation.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Argentine inflation drops to 2.3% in January, helped by the freeze of several items

  

  Argentina inflation decelerated to 2.3% in January, the official statistics agency said on Thursday, well below analyst expectations for a 3.4% rise.

• Tuesday, February 11th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Brazilian January inflation at its lowest driven by sharp decline in meat prices

  

  Brazilian inflation kicked off the year on a soft footing, official figures showed, as the IPCA consumer price index posted its smallest January increase since the country’s “Real Plan” was launched more than a quarter of a century ago.

• Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Rising cost of meat pushes Brazil's November inflation to a high month-on-month increase

  

  Brazilian consumer price inflation bounced back to seven-month highs in November from ultra-low levels the month before, led by the rising cost of meat and regulated prices like electricity, official figures showed on Friday.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina 2019: annual inflation of 55% and economy contraction of 2.7%

  

  Argentina will finish 2019 at 55% annual inflation, the country’s treasury minister said on Monday, capping off a tumultuous year for Latin America’s No. 3 economy that also saw voters usher in a new leftist government.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazil's Real depreciating against the US dollar, but inflation remains below target

  

  Brazil’s Real is sliding toward an all-time low against the U.S. dollar, but the central bank appears in no rush to intervene to slow or even reverse the fall. Despite the Real’s historical weakness, the market is functioning smoothly: depreciation, so far, has been fairly orderly, volatility is low, liquidity has not dried up, and the Real is not the only emerging market currency under pressure.