Inflation
US Treasury Rekindles Interest In Rare Century Bond
The United States has rekindled interest in ultra long-term debt, including possibly a rare century bond, to lock in...
S.Africa’s Massmart Reports 16 Pct Jump In FY Profit
South African retailer Massmart reported an almost 16 percent rise in full-year profit on Thursday, as the firm...
Federal Reserve May Raise US Rates ‘fairly Soon’
Federal Reserve officials have said they may need to raise interest rates "fairly soon" if the economy stays strong,...
Producer Inflation Drops To 3.1 Percent In January 2017
This rate is 1.7 percent lower than the rate recorded in December 2016 which was 4.9 percent. The monthly change rate...
Ghana Is Broke
The Director of Operations, Dalex Finance, Mr. Joe Jackson has said that Ghana's continuing borrowing at high interest...
Fantasy League Aims To Lure US Students To Economics
Have you needed to use your high school chemistry recently? Anyone asked you lately who won the US-British war of 1812?...
U.S. Shale Oil Braces For the Unfamiliar In 2017
U. S. shale producers are facing their first production cost increase in five years in 2017 as industry activity picks...
Ghana’s Inflation To Decline
Inflation will continue to fall in Ghana in 2017, following several years of extraordinarily high price growth, Fitch...
Private Sector Pushes For Optimal Inflation Target
Private sector businesses have strongly advocated an optimal inflation target to guide economic policies that support...
UK Wage Growth Outpaces Inflation
Wages grew faster than the rate of inflation at the end of 2016, official figures show. In the three months to...
Inflation Rate Drops To 13.3%
The inflation rate for January 2017 is 13.3 per cent, a drop from the 15.4 percent recorded in December 2016,...
US Inflation Hits Fastest Pace In 4 Years
US consumer prices in January rose at their fastest pace in nearly four years, a fresh sign that a pickup in inflation...
Inflation Eases Further, Drops To 13.3% In January
Ghana’s inflation for the first month of 2017, January recorded 13.3 percent. The figure dropped by 2.8 percent...
Fuel Price Surge Sends Inflation To Highest Since June 2014
British consumer prices rose last month at the fastest pace since June 2014 and are set to rise further, propelled by...
Fed’s Yellen Says Fiscal Policy Adds ‘uncertainty’ To Outlook
Possible changes in fiscal policy by US President Donald Trump are among the factors adding "uncertainty" to the...
US Wholesale Inflation Sees Biggest Monthly Gain In 4 Years
US wholesale inflation continued its upward trend in January, recording its largest monthly gain in more than four...
UK Inflation Highest Since June 2014
Inflation has reached its highest rate for two-and-a-half years, mainly as a result of the rising price of fuel. Annual...
BoG Intensifies Moves To Get Funding For Agric Sector
The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has intensified moves to encourage commercial banks in the country to cede some portion of their...
Falling T-Bill Rates Won’t Reduce Cost of Credit
The current falling Treasury bill rates will not reflect a drop in the cost of credit in Ghana, Ecobank Research has...