The Union Budget presents an opportunity to recalibrate India's direct tax system to align with the current economic needs of middle-income taxpayers, factoring in inflation. The income tax ...

There is a certain irony here. America's bout with inflation during the first half of Joe Biden's term cast a pall over the Democratic ticket's chances in the November election. Yet the avowed ...

Receipts from global tourism reached $1.6 trillion in 2024, about 3.0 percent more than the previous year and 4.0 percent more than in 2019 when inflation and currency fluctuations are taken into ...

India’s challenge with taming retail inflation has been a long-drawn one. Since October 2019, prices have been rising at rates above the RBI’s comfort level of 4% YoY, with the exception of two months ...

Housing cost concerns pre-date Biden, but the issues deepened during the past four years, due to the pandemic, inflation and interest rates. As of the third quarter of 2024, the median sales price ...

In the final inflation print before the Union Budget for 2025-26 is presented, followed by the first review of the monetary policy led by the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI ...

The pace of inflation cooled dramatically as ... after more than $3 trillion in pandemic spending approved during President-elect Donald Trump's first administration in 2020.

A Bank of Canada internal review found that the extraordinary measures it took during ... contributed to inflation 2021 and 2022, including the unique impacts related to the pandemic as well ...

A slim majority of economists surveyed by Reuters believe the US Federal Reserve will hold its key interest rates steady during its ... of the high inflation of the post-pandemic recovery, we ...

It is used to measure inflation and indicates the cost of living for consumers. CPI is calculated by selecting a basket of goods and services that represent typical consumer purchases and tracking ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in ... The Federal Reserve has now battled high inflation for nearly four years.