Inflation
- Pakistan
Chicken prices at historic high across Pakistan
Karachi: The prices of chicken and chicken meat have experienced a sharp increase in the city of Karachi and other cities throughout Pakistan, local media reported. The current price of chicken in…
- India
Opposition criticises budget, says fails to tackle inflation
New Delhi: The Opposition criticised the economic policies of the Union government on Wednesday, saying that unemployment and poverty have risen in the country due to it. Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, while…
- World
Half a million UK workers strike over pay amid high inflation
London: Up to half a million teachers, university staff, train drivers and civil servants in the UK went on a strike in the largest coordinated action for years amid high inflation and…
- Business
Telangana logged highest inflation in FY23: Economic Survey
Hyderabad: Telangana has the highest inflation rate in the country, revealed the Economic Survey 2022-23 tabled in the Parliament on Tuesday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. According to the report, Telangana has…
- India
RBI Governor says current account deficit eminently manageable
New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said that the current account deficit is “eminently manageable” and within the parameters of viability. He also emphasised that in…
- Politics
Step out of your homes against inflation, unemployment: Kharge
New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday appealed to the people to step out of their homes and join the struggle against inflation, unemployment and hatred spread by the BJP and…
- Business
Inflation may be past peak but cost of living crisis far from over: Experts
Davos: Inflation is likely to have reached its peak in 2022 but there is no end in sight for the cost of living crisis, experts said on Tuesday. Speaking at a panel…
- Middle East
Saudi inflation rises to 3.3%, highest in 18 months
Riyadh: The data of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Statistics showed that the consumer price index (inflation) rose during December 2022 by 3.3 percent on an annual basis, recording…
- Middle East
Israel’s inflation at 5.3% in 2022, highest in 20 years
Tel Aviv: The consumer price index (CPI) in Israel rose by 5.3 per cent in 2022, according to data issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Sunday, the highest calendar-year level…
- Pakistan
After flour, prices of pulses going up in Pakistan
Karachi: Just when the prices of wheat flour are soon going to ease, following a merciless upward trend witnessed over the past few months, another fundamental kitchen commodity started to become costlier…
- Middle East
Egypt’s annual inflation rose to 21.9% in Dec 2022
Cairo: Egypt’s annual headline inflation rose to 21.9 per cent in December 2022, up from 6.5 per cent in the same month the previous year, the country’s official statistics agency reported. The…
- Business
Inflation in Asian economies to be in comfort zone by mid-2023: Morgan Stanley
New Delhi: Inflation in 90 per cent of the economies in Asia is likely to return to their respective central banks’ comfort zone by mid-2023, said Morgan Stanley, adding that a number…
- World
Sunak pledges to halve inflation, boost economy
London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to halve inflation and boost the country’s economy in his first major speech of the new year. In his speech on Wednesday, Sunak made…
- India
Missed inflation target, digital currency pilot mark RBI’s 2022 map
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India failed to deliver on its contracted inflation target for the first time, started fiat digital currency pilot and finally saw its efforts to improve bank balance sheets…
- India
Stop favouring friends, start serving people reeling under inflation: Rahul to Modi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop “favouring friends” and start serving people reeling under high inflation. He highlighted that the Congress government in Rajasthan…
