inflation

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U.S. stocks are looking to reverse an unusual December slump following a tame reading on inflation and some positive signals about artificial- intelligence demand.

From Barron's

The doctors' union has argued that resident doctors' pay is still a fifth lower than it was in 2008, due to inflation.

From BBC

BOJ officials raised their policy rate target in response to persistent inflation, a painful novelty for households in a country that battled flat or falling prices for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal

For the last two years, the country -- already known for its brutal inequality -- has been battered by double digit inflation, characterised as the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.

From Barron's

However, she added that "the low inflation reading may prove temporary as shutdown-related data collection disruptions likely suppressed the figure, which could normalise higher once data gathering processes resume".

From Barron's