[1] The map highlights, for example, how inflation reacted to COVID-19 disruptions beginning in early 2020. As businesses shuttered, consumers spent less and saved more. Median global inflation ...

The World Bank’s Prospects Group has constructed a global database of inflation. The database covers up to 209 countries over the period 1970-2025, and includes six measures of inflation in three ...

Central banks around the world are lowering borrowing costs as global inflation eases from the multi-decade highs reached in many countries in recent years. The FT global inflation and interest ...

And forecasters expected inflation to slow early this year because prices surged in early 2024, creating more favorable comparisons to ... slowed trade and stoked global recession concerns ...

Global inflation, meanwhile, is likely to drop to 3.5 percent by the end of next year, a bit lower than the average during the 20 years prior to the pandemic, having peaked at 9.4 percent in the ...

For instance, JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon has repeated warnings of a pricey future, as global militarization and the green transition stoke inflation. Wieladek pointed to other factors as well.

The combination of persistent inflation and wider social upheaval fed voter ... The Arcadis International Construction Cost Index offers a comparison of building costs across 100 global cities. The ...

While global financial markets continue ... Looking forward, last year's inflation numbers continue to provide easy comparisons for the next few months - i.e. inflation is likely to continue ...

“It looks like the global battle against inflation has largely been won, even if price pressures persist in some countries,” the IMF said in its latest World Economic Outlook. “In most ...

Of the seven economists who spoke to USA TODAY, most cited the global pandemic, not Biden, as the primary cause of the nation's inflation crisis. The pandemic triggered a brief recession ...