What is behind the Bank’s latest rates decision and inflation warnings? - Policymakers voted unanimously to keep rates at 3.75%, with cuts now looking to be off the table as the conflict in the Middle East escalates.

Inflation may have been relatively tame in February, but that might not matter much to financial markets and the Fed.

Just when we thought it was safe to return to the supermarket aisle, it seems inflation has come back to bite us again. Worse, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) predicts it will linger for longer than previously expected, adding to cost-of-living concerns.

As always, there is plenty of noise about the potential for short-term inflation from tariffs, fiscal stimulus from tax cuts, and deficit spending from various governments around the world. But the long-term trajectory of global inflation is poised to be ...

After two back-to-back interest rate hikes by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in February and March, all eyes are on the next policy meeting set for May. While much attention tends to focus on current inflation,

We examined several elements of inflation at the one-year mark in Trump’s second term. The overall picture: Inflation rate is down, slightly When Trump was sworn in to his second term in January 2025, year-over-year inflation was 3%. In the most recent month for which data is available, December 2025, it was 2.7% a modest decrease.

The Federal Reserve sets monetary policy in the United States with two main goals in mind. Its first goal is to provide for stable prices over time, which is to say the Fed has the job of managing financial conditions in the U.S. economy to keep inflation ...