Wednesday's report showed slower inflation for goods and services — excluding volatile items — reviving the case for interest ...

The consumer price index, an inflation gauge, rose 2.9% on an annual basis in December 2024 on the back of higher food and ...

When Donald Trump pledges in next Monday’s inauguration to “faithfully execute the office of President of the United States”, ...

The US Surgeon General released a report directly linking alcohol to cancer. A BI analysis of alcohol spending shows how ...

REVERSING A DECLINING trend from over a decade, the share of food in monthly expenditure of households in rural as well as urban areas went up in 2023-24, according to the Household Consumption ...

After being a significant problem in 2022 and then coming into considerable control in 2023, inflation this year settled into ...

with notable increases in Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) in both areas. Non-food items continued to dominate expenditures. Government support contributed to rural growth, and social ...

The sources, who did not want to be named because they were not authorised to talk to the media, said they had not decided on the size of any cuts. A decision would be taken closer to the budget on ...

However, rising household debt, driven by increased retail borrowing such as personal loans and credit card usage, has restricted discretionary spending. As more income is allocated to debt repayment, ...

Consumption has remained modest, and only recently has spending seen a rebound ... The HSBC Flash India Services PMI Business Activity Index rose to 60.8 from 58.4 in November, while the Flash ...

On Monday, the CB Consumer Confidence Index ... step up fiscal spending, accelerating spending speed in 2025. Fiscal spending will focus more on people’s livelihood, boosting consumption.” ...

China will raise its deficit in order to boost spending next year ... largest economy has for years battled sluggish domestic consumption, a persistent crisis in the property sector and soaring ...