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The Latest Breaking News from Inflation

Corporate Earnings Show Consumer Companies Have Pricing Power

Higher interest rates haven’t stopped shoppers from spending, in a worrying sign for inflation.

Businessweek

I Got My Numbers Boyfriend To Explain Exactly Why HELP Debts Are Increasing By 7.1%

HECS debts. HELP debts. Indexation. Consumer price indexes. INFLATION. Some of us didn’t go to school for maths and numbers, so the mere sight of such mathematical words causes our brains to shut down faster than MilkRun on a Tuesday in April. And so, I called up my engineer boyfriend…

Pedestrian.tv

Stock market today: Asian markets higher after US rate hike

Asian stock markets are mostly higher after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark lending rate again to cool inflation and said it isn’t sure what may come next

The Independent UK

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US central bank lifts rates to highest in 16 years

The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point and signalled it may pause further increases.

The New Daily

Hollywood Writers' Strike By The Numbers — And How Inflation Fits In

After six weeks of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the Writer's Guild of America went on strike.

Kiplinger

Sell in May? Possibly!

'Sell in May and go away" is an old market saying that is likely to ring true this year. Several risk factors have emerged, such as small US banks facing deposit outflows and central banks continuing to raise their interest rates amid stubbornly high inflation.

Bangkok Post

Inflation likely to dip on low fuel rates

The Commerce Ministry is maintaining its 2023 forecast for average headline inflation in a range of 1.7-2.7%, after cutting it last month from 2-3%.

Bangkok Post

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Federal Reserve hikes interest rates for 10th time, signals pause

The US Federal Reserve has hiked interest rates for the tenth time in a row, bringing the key lending rate to its highest level since 2007. But the central bank has signalled it could pause further rate hikes, as inflation eases and turmoil continues to spread across the American banking…

France 24

Stocks Retreat as Powell Dashes Hopes of Fed Rate Cuts

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Wednesday closed down -0.70%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.80%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.64%. Stock indexes Wednesday gave up early gains and closed...

Barchart

Alan Kohler: Why this week’s RBA meeting was different

Jim Chalmers is touting 'responsible' spending. Can it be “responsible” in the context of the battle by the RBA to slay inflation?

The New Daily

Fed Lifts Interest Rates Yet Again: What the Experts Are Saying

Although the Fed raised interest rates for a 10th consecutive meeting, it finally opened the door to a pause in its tightening campaign.

Kiplinger

Fed raises interest rates, hints possible end to series of hikes

The Fed signaled that it could pause rate hikes after this meeting, though it left the door open to another increase.

Axios

Fed rate hikes, recession fears and political backlash leave ESG investors at a crossroads

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates again on May 3, 2023, by a quarter point, making it the Fed’s 10th rate hike since March 2022 in an ongoing fight to tame inflation. These rate hikes have been reverberating through the economy, raising prospects of a recession amid heightened concerns about…

The Conversation

Fed raises interest rates again but hints it may pause amid bank turmoil

The Fed’s rate increases have more than doubled mortgage rates, elevated the costs of auto loans, credit card borrowing and business loans and heightened the risk of a recession

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The Fed raises interest rates again in what could be its final attack on inflation

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday in an effort to curb persistent inflation. It was the tenth rate hike in 14 months, and possibly the last for a while.

The Guardian - US

US Federal Reserve votes to increase interest rates to 16-year high

Rise in benchmark interest rate is 10th hike since March 2022, when the Fed started its rapid inflation-fighting campaign

The Guardian - UK

Food price inflation: why the cost of making a family spag bol has hit £10

New more-detailed ONS data on UK basket of goods shows how much staples have shot up since 2018

StockNews.com

The Best Steel Stocks to Invest in for the First Week of May

After a challenging last year, the steel industry looks well-positioned for growth as inflation eases and the Fed looks to end its interest rate hikes. With the reopening of China and the anticipated rise in demand, investors could benefit from buying fundamentally strong steel stocks Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS)…

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The Independent UK

How a Fed increase could affect credit card debt, auto loans

If, as expected, the Federal Reserve raises interest rates yet again in its drive to cool inflation, much of America will be directly affected

Bangkok Post

Fed likely to hike rates again as bank fears resurface

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise its benchmark lending rate for a 10th — and possibly final — time on Wednesday, as it aims to bring down inflation while preventing fresh banking concerns from spreading.

The National (Scotland)

Tool tracks how price rises impact YOUR wallet, from travel to groceries

THE price of cheddar cheese has risen by 49 in one year, according to a new tool launched to help consumers keep track of inflationary price rises…

The New Daily

Is Australia walking a ‘narrow path’ towards a per capita recession?

Australia likely avoids a recession, but it's already starting to feel like one as cost of living and higher rates spark a shopper retreat.

Daily Mirror

See how much price of 450 everyday items have risen by with new interactive tool

It's very hard to ignore the impacts of inflation as it usually has an immediate hit on our pockets however it sometimes can be hard to see - we have compiled a list which shows you exactly how much prices have gone up over the last year

Daily Mirror

Classic British takeaway that has had the biggest price rise in cost of living

The price of Britain's most beloved dish has soared by almost a fifth, data from the Office of National Statistics shows, as inflation figures show just how much food rose by last year

Fortune

4 CEOs sound off on inflation, interest rates, and where the economy is headed

At the annual Milken Institute Global Conference, chief executives gave insight into what's to come.

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