Featured UK shop prices flat in May, food inflation accelerates Aya El Sayed May 27, 2025 0 UK shop price deflation held steady at 0.1 per cent year on year in May, unchanged from April and above the…
Featured UK shop prices improve slightly in November Aya El Sayed Nov 26, 2024 0 UK shop prices saw a slight improvement in November with deflation easing to 0.6 per cent, compared to 0.8 per cent…
Featured UK shop prices decline in August Aya El Sayed Aug 27, 2024 0 UK shop prices fell into deflation for the first time in nearly three years in August, registering a decline of 0.3…
Banks BOJ contributes record $13.8b to govt. Nada Ali May 30, 2024 0 The Bank of Japan (BOJ) contributed a record ¥2.17 trillion ($13.8 billion) to the government in fiscal 2023.
Banks BOJ ends negative rates, marking 1st hike in 17 years Nada Ali Mar 19, 2024 0 The Bank of Japan (BOJ) made a historic shift on Tuesday by ending eight years of negative interest rates and other…
Banks Saudi Arabia’s central bank paints rosy picture of economy Yomna Yasser Oct 5, 2017 0 Officials of Saudi Arabia’s central bank, holding a rare news conference on Wednesday, painted a highly positive…
Banks IMF working paper proposes reinforced Abenomics to battle Japan deflation Noha Gad Sep 5, 2016 0 Japan should set a wage inflation goal of around 3 percent to try to end low wage growth and induce prices to rise…
International News Japan may use ‘helicopter money’ to battle deflation aya salah Jul 17, 2016 0 Japanese policymakers, who won't go as far as funding government spending through direct debt monetization, might…
Banks ECB rate meeting, Chinese data in focus Noha Gad Mar 5, 2016 0 The European Central Bank is almost certain to ease policy next week as depressed commodity prices raise the risk…
Industry & Trade Sainsbury’s posts first Loss in Ten Years Yomna Yasser May 6, 2015 0 British retailer Sainsbury's posted its first annual loss in a decade, hurt by property writedowns, deflation and…