TOKYO: Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 per cent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday (Jul 18), piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend. T ...

The Fed is, however, expected to keep its benchmark overnight interest rate in the 4.25%-4.50% range, where it has been since December, at its policy meeting later this month ...

Improved credit availability from NBFCs, increased government spending, a supportive kharif harvest, the onset of festive ...

The case for a U.S. interest rate cut remains unresolved as Federal Reserve officials head into their policy meeting later ...

Inflation increased in June, indicating that Pres. Donald Trump's tariffs are starting to grow the cost of furniture, apparel ...

The US dollar is trading softer against most G10 and emerging market currencies today. Equities are mostly firmer today after ...

While tepid, economic growth remains positive globally and, in the U.S., could improve toward the end of the year and into ...

Global investors pulled money out of equity funds in the week through July 16 as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats ...

Asian shares are mostly higher after Wall Street rose to records following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a ...

The U.S. consumer pushes back on recession fears. Despite the noise around tariffs and inflation fears, the U.S. economy ...

The USD/RUB exchange rate reacted to the US and Russian consumer inflation data released this week. A report by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed that the headline inflation rose from 2.3 ...

And yes, to borrow a line from Starship: the U.S. economy is still built on rock-solid data… not on rock and roll. — Lim Hui ...