• McDonald's rising prices pushing some diners away

    McDonald’s reported mixed quarterly results Tuesday as its reorganization weighed on its profit and boycotts hurt its Middle Eastern sales. The company also continues to see consumers worldwide pull back on their restaurant spending. “Consumers continue to be even more discriminating with every dollar that they spend as they faced elevated prices in their day-to-day spending, which is putting pressure on the [quick-service restaurant] industry,” CEO Chris Kempczinski said on the company’s...

  • Gov't to enhance market monitoring over rising oil prices

    SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- The government will beef up the monitoring of

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    Food prices and rent continue to rise for Honolulu residents

    Food and housing costs are the top expenses that continue increasing for Honolulu residents, eating at restaurants increased by more than 7% over the last 12 months, while rents have increased by 11%.

  • Home prices rise at the fastest pace since November 2022

    US home prices in February rose more than 6% from the prior year, the

  • Consignment pop-up sees high demand amid rising prices

    GILBERT, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A new report shows prices have risen for a third month straight, and those trends have many people heading to secondhand shops. 28/22 News Reporter Sydney Kostus stopped by a consignment pop-up in the Poconos where its owners say they’ve hit record-breaking sales due to high demand. A $2 dress, a []

  • What The Rising Gold Price Signals (Spoiler Alert: Nothing Good)

    What The Rising Gold Price Signals (Spoiler Alert: Nothing Good) Authored by Antonius Aquinas, The recent run-up in the gold price has not garnered the attention among the mainstream financial media outlets as it should. Gold has, in part, been overshadowed by the rise in the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Naturally, the financial press, which is really an arm of the government and its central bank, wants to ignore, as much as possible, references to gold as...

  • North East house prices rising at sharpest rate in the UK

    North East property prices are rising faster than anywhere else in the UK. The latest Land Registry statistics show house prices across the region rose to an average £160,406 in February, a monthly jump of 3.2%, and 2.9% year-on-year. Across England as a whole, prices rose by 0.6 % in February but were down by 1.1% over the previous 12 months. Scotland saw prices fall by an average of 0.6% during February, but that still represented a year-on-year rise of 5.6%. The picture was reversed in...

  • Cheapest places to buy petrol and diesel in Cambridgeshire as prices rise

    Latest figures from the RAC show fuel prices are on the increase

  • Tour price rises announced for Derry's Tower Museum and Guildhall

    At a Business and Culture Committee meeting on Tuesday, April 16, Head of Culture, Aeidin McCarter, said the price increases were the first in ten years when they came into effect on April 1. “The nominal fee increase will still remain lower than most museums and visitor attractions in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, but will help sustain the services provided in the Guildhall and Tower Museum,” Ms McCarter added. “It will ensure they are engaging for local people and visitors as...

  • London house prices fall on back of rising mortgages and stamp duty

    London buyers are seeing the highest average difference in annual mortgage repayments, rising £7,500 pounds since 2021, the latest reading from property portal Zoopla has shown.

  • Sunak: rise in asylum seekers in Ireland proves Rwanda plan ‘having impact’

    UK PM points to Irish deputy PM’s claim that threat of being deported led people to cross border from Northern IrelandAn increase in asylum seekers heading to to Ireland proves that the Conservative party’s Rwanda plan is working, Rishi Sunak has claimed.In an interview with Sky News’ Trevor Phillips that will air on Sunday morning, the prime minister said the “deterrent is already having an impact because people are worried about coming here”. Continue reading

  • Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Show Prices Rising Sharply

    The PCE index shows that progression on bringing down inflation has stalled. | Economy