The Latest Breaking News from Inflation

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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Monday closed up +1.03%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.46%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +1.13%. US stock indexes on Monday settled moderately higher, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq...

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM24) are up +0.24%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM24) are up +0.18% this morning as market participants looked ahead to a fresh batch of corporate earnings reports and remarks from a host of Federal Reserve officials.

Better-than-expected earnings from Amazon and Apple and lower bond yields sent stocks higher last week. These gains added to the momentum for equities that began at the end of the previous week, when Alphabet and Microsoft reported solid earnings, too.

OECD advises RBNZ to maintain a restrictive monetary policy to manage rising inflation in New Zealand for economic stability.

Cost-of-living support will be a key focus in the Albanese government's third federal budget, which will be handed down next week.

Three key economic indicators loom large but none offer great hope for the Conservatives’ survival

With inflation taking a toll on people's finances and amid a growing sense of responsibility towards the climate, second-hand shops are booming across the globe. In France, around 10 percent of clothes each year are now resold, and thrift stores are attracting a wider audience. Our France 2 colleagues report,…

No change in the official cash rate is expected this week, with the Reserve Bank's reaction to a stronger inflation print the main point of interest.