inflation
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JGBs edged higher in price terms as investors digest Tokyo inflation data released earlier.
Chairman Jerome Powell this year kept cutting interest rates even as the central bank kept pushing back the deadline by which it expects inflation to return to 2%.
On Dec. 18, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that inflation had fallen to an annual rate of 2.7% in November, down from 3% in September and well below the 3.1% consensus of economists.
From Los Angeles Times
At small businesses, which are unable to withstand economic headwinds as easily as their larger counterparts, years of high inflation, increasingly cautious consumers and tariffs are weighing on earnings and prompting cutbacks.
Bolivia has a severe shortage of foreign currency, and annual inflation rose to nearly 20 percent in November.
From Barron's
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