Tag: Inflation (Economics)

Staycation, Again?

After two years in which many travelers stayed home, 2022 was supposed…

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Stocks Rally Out of Bear Market Territory, but End Lower for a 7th Week

Janet L. Yellen, the Treasury secretary, said high food and energy prices…

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Japan’s Economy Shrank 1 Percent as Consumers Fled Covid

TOKYO — Last December, after two years of stop-and-go growth, Japan’s economic…

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Poor Countries Face a Mounting Catastrophe Fueled by Inflation and Debt

Before war ravaged Yemen, Walid Al-Ahdal did not worry about feeding his…

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Ben Bernanke Sees ‘Stagflation’ Ahead

Standing in his kitchen one morning in Washington, D.C., and drinking a…

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How Do Higher Interest Rates Bring Down Inflation?

This kind of communication was less common 30 years ago. But a…

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Stocks Return to Earth, With the S&P 500 Nearing a Bear Market

But the downdraft has sunk the share prices of companies that represent…

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Bitcoin Is Increasingly Acting Like Just Another Tech Stock

SAN FRANCISCO — Bitcoin was conceived more than a decade ago as…

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Fed Confronts Why It May Have Acted Too Slowly on Inflation

Some Federal Reserve officials have begun to acknowledge that they were too…

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