China’s inflation rate slowed in March, official data showed Thursday, as policymakers struggle to jumpstart persistently low spending in the world’s second-largest economy. The consumer price index (CPI) last month edged up by 0.1 percent year-on-year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), below the 0.4 percent gain forecast by a Bloomberg poll of […]
PAIN AT THE PUMP: For 21 days in a row, the average price of a gallon of regular in L.A. County has gone up. Prices are the highest they've been since the beginning of November.
Economist and gold bug Peter Schiff has explained why the price of gold is rising, warning that bitcoin is a “gigantic bubble.” He expects gold to be in “double digits” by next year. Meanwhile, he said that bitcoin is in a bear market and the price of the cryptocurrency “is going much lower than this.” […]
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By: Casey Harper | The Center Square Gas prices are steadily rising around the U.S. again, leaving many cash-strapped Americans struggling to keep up. According to AAA, the current average price for a gallon of regular-grade gas nationally is $3.63. That is a sharp increase from $3.39 just one month ago. Crude oil prices have
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Experiencing sticker shock at the pump? Gas prices throughout California are soaring in comparison with the national average. California's prices averaged $5.37 a gallon as of Tuesday, versus the national average of $3.60. In the Los Angeles-Long Beach metro area, a gallon of regular self-serve gasoline costs a few pennies less on average than in the rest of the state: $5.34. Still, that's up 18 cents from last week and about 40 cents from last month, according to the American Automobile Assn....
SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- The government will beef up the monitoring of
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%.
Consumer association Consumentenbond is taking the Albert Heijn supermarket group to court to find out more about cash register mistakes which have led to shoppers paying more than they should. The association’s research shows that AH, Jumbo and Plus receipts are often likely to be wrong when checked against the prices of goods in the stores. In 2023, the association said it wanted compensation for consumers who have for years put up with the mistakes, unbeknown to them. Albert Heijn has been
'All Bets Are Off' - Market-Mayhem After Consumer Prices Crush Dovish-Dreams Borrowing a phrase from one of our favorite movies "all bets are off" after this morning's hot-hot-hot CPI print The fourth hotter-than-expected core inflation report in a row got investors reevaluating expectations around the Fed's first rate cut Source: Bloomberg Goldman's Diana Asatryan noted that their Research group pushed its first rate cut forecast to July from June, expecting two cuts this...
At over $4.25 per pound in April, the price of copper futures is at its highest since mid-2022.