13+ hour, 18+ min ago   (458+ words) US consumer prices rose 0.4% in August, up from July’s 0.1% increase, as more expensive gasoline added pressure to household budgets ahead of the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate decision. The annual inflation rate held at 3.4%, according to figures released by the Bureau…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (521+ words) Bank of Japan board member Kazuyuki Masu warned on September 10 that accelerating inflation could force the central bank to raise interest rates rapidly, adding to the debate over how quickly Japan should move away from cheap borrowing. Speaking to local…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1358+ words) A $4 purchase made every weekday costs $1,040 over 52 weeks. The multiplication is simple. The harder part is recognising that 260 separate decisions belong to the same financial pattern. A television costing $1,500 is likely to receive careful attention. A coffee, app subscription or…...

4+ week, 12+ hour ago   (1443+ words) A sales-weighted comparison found that products permanently replaced by smaller equivalents recorded about 6% more nominal dollar sales at affected US stores in the following 52 weeks than in the previous 52, even though the physical quantity purchased fell by roughly 3.5%. The comparison…...