Shopping bags are getting heavier – on your wallet.
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Inflation soared 6.2% in October from a year earlier, the fastest pace since 1990.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey announcing the latest on lending rates.
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Against all speculation, the bank decided to hold the base rate at all-time lows for another month.
A January 2012 demonstration against the removal of petroleum subsidies in the northern Nigerian city of Kano.
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Nigeria must remove fuel subsidies and channel the funds to critical sectors of its economy.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell prepares for the end of the era of cheap money.
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The Federal Reserve decided to slow its pace of bond-buying, potentially the beginning of the end of a program that’s been supporting the economy since March 2020.
Extinction Rebellion protesters outside the Bank of England, September 2021.
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Research finds a link between rising temperatures and inflation.
The right prescription?
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The Bank of England is weighing up the costs of a change.
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Extreme weather is already having an influence on global food prices.
Up she goes.
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Inflation in the UK in August rose at the highest rate in a decade.
Does Fed Chair Jerome Powell have the tools to tackle racial disparities?
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Central bankers are expected to discuss the racial income and wealth gaps during the virtual Jackson Hole retreat. But an economist argues that the Fed is not suited for addressing these issues.
Pump-primer in chief, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.
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Interest rates, inflation and huge debts will all be up for debate.
South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago.
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Central banking was given to technocrats whose job is to make the difficult decisions. But there are parameters. And within these, central bankers must act independently, without fear or favour.
In the years after the second world war, credit was in short supply.
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Consumer spending fuelled by credit cards and bank loans has become central to economic growth, but it wasn’t always.
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The unemployment decline isn’t as impressive as it first appears, and wages growth remains sluggish.
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The independence of Australia’s central bank doesn’t make it infallible. It should welcome peer review.
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Much of the jump in inflation from 1.1% to 3.8% is transient, and the lockdown in NSW will suppress what’s left. But even if you still fear inflation, there are things you can do.
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We spend more on alcohol than we’ll admit, less on electricity and gas combined than we think.
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How the cost of what we eat rises and falls.
What happened during the Big Bang?
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How scientists are planning to listen to the sound of the big bang with a gravitational wave detector that would fit in a kitchen.
Fuel storage tanks at South Africa’s Durban harbour. Blocking the transport of fuel will stop the transport of food.
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South Africans should not panic about the food system. But authorities will need to act swiftly and assertively to restore stability.
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IMF programmes run the risk of having too many conditions. This may drive countries into financial disaster. And back to the IMF again.