With inflation a meaningful economic factor after a decades-long hiatus in many countries, households need no tutorial on its impact on their day-to-day spending, as budgets are stretched thin by ...

The contrasting experiences of Argentina and Bolivia illustrate how inflation reshapes the real cost of capital in ways that are often underestimated. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Feb. 12 (UPI) -- ...

This paper reviews the drivers of the post-pandemic U.S. inflation surge and subsequent decline, including the behavior and role of inflation expectations. The sharp rise in inflation reflected severe ...

The Federal Reserve admits it badly misjudged the beginning of the inflation crisis, but officials hope they won’t make the same mistake again. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are about to determine ...

SYDNEY, Apr 21 2026 (IPS) - The global economy, is at the precipice of “stagflation” – growth slowdown and higher inflation – due to the energy price shock following the illegal US-Israel war on Iran.

Feb. 12 (UPI) --In earlier installments of this series on international project finance in Latin America, we examined how sovereign risk and currency volatility influence the cost of capital for ...