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China’s January consumer inflation rose but fell short of expectations. Producer prices stayed in deflation despite signs of easing. Policymakers signaled looser monetary policy ahead of key economic ...

China’s consumer inflation eased at the start of 2026 after reaching a near three-year high in December, as food prices declined. The consumer-price index rose 0.2% in January from a year earlier, ...

Kenyans may soon pay significantly higher prices for consumer goods as the country moves to enforce new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations, industry players have warned. Replacing a ...

Question: I had routine blood tests at Quest Diagnostics last year. My insurance company, Lucent Health, sent me an explanation of benefits stating "Patient Responsibility = $0.00." I thought ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices rose a hotter-than-expected 0.5% in December. Cape Cod town opposes real estate transfer tax at State House: ‘Trust has been betrayed’ Wall Street recovers from ...

Producer prices rose faster at year’s end: The Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand increased 0.5% in December, following gains of 0.2% in November and 0.1% in October. On an annual basis, ...

Social Security recipients are getting a 2.8% raise this year. While that's bigger than 2025's 2.5% boost, there's a big flaw in the way Social Security COLAs are calculated. That's likely to cause ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices picked up ‌slightly in November amid a surge ‌in the cost of gasoline, but businesses appeared to be absorbing some of the tariffs on imports, with ...

The following are median forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal. DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS Tuesday 0600 Small Business Svy ...

JAPAN is consumed by talk of a “foreigner problem”. The story goes that the country has been overrun by ill-mannered migrant workers, misbehaving tourists and opportunistic foreign investors. But ...