President Barack Obama's budget proposal Monday will offer several measures to trim the federal deficit in the next 10 years. But it would leave largely unchanged the biggest drivers of future government spending: the Medicare, Medicaid and ...
Will PepsiCo's latest offensive mark a turning point in the latest cola wars? That is the hope of the snack and drink company, which has lost U.S. carbonated-beverage market share in recent years as Coca-Cola kept prices low even as input ...
LONDON—Prices charged by U.K. companies at the factory gate rose in January from December, but the annual rate of producer price inflation slowed, reinforcing expectations that overall inflation in the U.K. is in retreat.
The U.S. trade deficit widened for the second straight month in December, pushed higher by rising oil prices and imports of cars and planes.
LONDON—The euro extended a slide in European trading hours Friday as fears re-emerged over Greece's ability to stave off a default. The euro was trading at $1.3230, compared with $1.3286 late Thursday in New York. The dollar was at ¥77.75 ...
NEW DELHI -- India's industrial output growth slowed sharply in December as high interest rates and weaker global conditions continued to hurt the economy which is set to grow at its weakest pace in three years, but a rate cut by the ...
Never fear, say financial sages on news that China's price level rose a faster-than-expected 4.5% year-on-year in January. Sure, that rate compares to 4.1% year-on-year in December and inconveniently comes when everyone has been convinced ...
Inflation in China accelerated unexpectedly in January, with the consumer price index rising to 4.5% year-on-year, due to higher food prices during the Lunar New Year holiday. It was the first increase in inflation after five months of ...
Higher inflation data out of China comes after the government announced an increase in fuel prices. The WSJ's Deborah Kan talks to Dow Jones Newswires' deputy bureau chief Aaron Back about whether the government is losing its grip on ...
Investors on both sides of the Atlantic are nervously vacillating between worrying about rampant inflation and Japanese-style deflation. What they want is some way to protect themselves against both extremes. The question is: how?
MUMBAI – Indian financial services company Reliance Capital Ltd. Friday reported a 43% drop in third-quarter net profit, hurt by higher interest costs and a loss in its general insurance business.
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — China’s consumer prices rose at a faster-than-expected rate in January, as food prices surged ahead of the Lunar New Year, sparking debate over what the numbers are really saying.
BEIJING—Inflation in China accelerated unexpectedly in January because of higher food prices during the Lunar New Year holiday. The pickup in inflation breaks a five-month trend of moderating price increases, raising concerns that Beijing ...