Inflation/Price level

Singapore lifts 2026 growth forecast to 2%-4% on AI outlook after economy outperforms in 2025

The forecast was upgraded after the Singapore economy grew 6.9 per cent in the final quarter of 2025, much better than expected.

Soaring gold prices reshape South Korea’s rituals

As prices soar, South Koreans are increasingly moving away from gold at key life events.

Fewer women in Japan plan to give Valentine’s chocolate as inflation bites

Women traditionally give a box of chocolates to men, including their romantic partner and father.

In Argentina, inflation data dispute kindles fears of political meddling

Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Canada's Carney wins admiration globally but struggles to lower food costs at home

A person shops in a grocery store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 26, 2026. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

US Fed holds rates steady as Powell stays silent on Trump attacks

Fed chairman Jerome Powell's term as chief of the US central bank ends in May.

China’s industrial profits reverse slump after deflation eases

Industrial profits climbed 5.3 per cent in December from a year earlier, compared with a plunge of more than 13 per cent in November.

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MAS focus turns to inflation risk amid Singapore’s strong growth trajectory

A growing cohort of economists expects MAS to up its defences against inflation by tightening its Singapore dollar policy in 2026.

US Fed official says bank should be ready to cut rates

Ms Michelle Bowman, the Fed’s vice-chair for supervision. believes inflation is on a “sustained trajectory” towards the Fed’s longer-term 2 per cent target.

Traders’ bets on Fed rate cut by June reinforced by softer US inflation

Bond traders continued to all-but-fully price in a Fed rate cut by the June policy meeting, with some chance of an earlier move but minimal odds of action this month.

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