Inflation and Deflation

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's central bank cut interest rates to 4.5 percent on Tuesday and flagged it could set further record lows after inflation hit a 38-year low and the indebted economy began showing signs of life. The 10th quarter-point rate...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Have your summer vacation all booked? Hoping to ignore your phone for a while, feeling safe in your investments and secure in the knowledge that the world's financial authorities aren't planning any surprises just yet? Think again....

BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - France must this year start to reform its pension system, rein in public spending and further cut labor costs in return for getting two more years to bring its budget deficit back in line, the European Commission said on...

By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG, May 29 (Reuters) - Labour unrest in South Africa's mines, which threatens to spread to bigger sectors like manufacturing, is plunging the economy into a vicious cycle that may spiral into stagflation, disinvestment and more...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 declined for a third day on Friday, with the three major stock indexes posting their first negative week since mid-April on lingering concern that the central bank may scale back its stimulus measures to support the...

* Gold ignores fresh easing from Japan, Australia, Euro zone * Inflation fears fail to materialise in short term * Rally in stock markets takes the shine off bullion By Jan Harvey LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Gold prices are looking even more vulnerable...

LONDON (Reuters) - Gold prices are looking even more vulnerable after April's price crash, as rampant inflation expected from successive rounds of monetary easing fails to materialize. The idea that record-low interest rates would damage paper currencies...

PARIS (Reuters) - Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said on Thursday it was not up to the European Central Bank to solve the euro zone crisis, resisting pressure from other ECB policymakers for the bank to widen its range of policy tools. Speaking in Paris,...

TOKYO (Reuters) - When ill health and political gridlock forced Shinzo Abe to quit after one dismal year as Japan's prime minister, his pride was dented and his self-confidence battered. One thing, however, was intact: his commitment to a controversial...

(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will not hastily withdraw its policy stimulus for the economy, a senior central banker said on Thursday, while another stressed that it could adjust the pace of bond purchases both up or down according to the data. Seeking...

By Marc Jones LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymaker James Bullard said on Thursday that while the U.S. economy was improving, he would like to be sure inflation was heading back towards target before the bank started winding down its...