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Consumers in the United States expect a rise in inflation, amid the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, resulting from higher housing prices, as shown by the results of a survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday. The April survey showed a median annual expectation for the …

A survey revealed that the eurozone’s recovery from the pandemic-induced economic downturn was much stronger than expected in April as the bloc’s dominant service sector ignored renewed lockdowns and saw a sudden return to growth. As the continent faces a new wave of infections with the Coronavirus, governments have re-imposed …

Official figures showed that British consumer price inflation increased to 0.7% in March from 0.4% in February, due to the rise in fuel and clothing prices, slightly below the average forecast of 0.8% in a Reuters poll of economists. Food prices are down from a year ago. British inflation is …

Data from the European Union statistics office Eurostat revealed today, Friday, that eurozone inflation accelerated, according to preliminary estimates in March, mainly driven by rising costs of services and energy. Eurostat confirmed its earlier estimates that consumer prices in the eurozone, which includes 19 countries, rose 0.9% on a monthly …

Inflation in the US, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 0.6% on a monthly basis in March from 0.4% in February. to be updated…

The German Statistics Office said that the country’s public sector deficit amounted to 189.2 billion euros in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the first deficit since 2013 and the highest in the budget since the reunification of Germany thirty years ago. The pandemic, which killed more than 77,000 in …

Inflation in Germany, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), edged lower to 0.5% on a monthly basis in March from 0.7% in February. On a yearly basis, the CPI rose to 1.7% and both of those readings came in line with analysts’ estimates.

Inflation in the US, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), arrived at 0.4% on a monthly basis in February and matched analysts’ estimate. On a yearly basis, the CPI rose to 1.7% as expected, the data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed on Wednesday.

Inflation in Germany, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), edged lower to 0.7% on a monthly basis in February, Destatis reported in its flash estimate on Monday. Moreover, the annual CPI rose to 1.3% from 1% and came in higher than analysts’ estimate of 1.2%. Further details of …

President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, James Bullard, said on Thursday that the Fed policies are not expected to lead to a surge in inflation similar to what the United States saw in the 1970s, MarketWatch reported. “That’s completely different from the inflation-targeting era that began in …