inflation

South Korean annual producer price inflation held steady in June after easing for two consecutive months although it remained relatively high, data showed on Friday, a week before the central bank's monthly policy meeting. more...

Gold prices edged higher on Thursday, building on three days of gains, supported by inflation concerns that are pushing central banks to raise rates, while an ongoing debt crisis in the euro zone also underpinned sentiment. more...

Indonesia's inflation slowed in June to a one-year low of 5.54 percent from a year ago, well within the central bank's target and strengthening expectations Bank Indonesia will hold rates this month and potentially for the rest of the year.* more...

Yields on South Korean government bonds rose early on Friday, as higher-than-expected inflation and solid exports data stoked expectations of more interest rate hikes this year following the government's upgrade of this* year's inflation forecast.* more...

How does Fed chief Ben Bernanke view inflation? Weighing in on what the Fed will say, with Steve Englander, Citi head of G10 currency strategy; CNBC's Steve Liesman, Bob Pisani and Rick Santelli. more...

Germany is increasingly concerned high energy prices will spill over into price rises the wider economy, a monthly report from the finance ministry showed on Monday. more...

The rise in core prices has not only sent stocks lower but is also pressuring oil and brent, reports CNBC's Steve Liesman. more...

South Korean annual producer price inflation eased for a second consecutive month in May on a plunge in vegetable prices, data showed on Friday, as the central bank is expected to hold interest rates steady later in the day. more...

South Korean inflation eased in May for a second consecutive month, coming in just below market expectations on lower fresh food prices, data showed on Wednesday, reinforcing the view that the central bank may keep interest rates on hold next week. more...

Singapore's April inflation slowed to 4.5 percent year-on-year from 5.0 percent in March, consistent with central bank and economists' forecasts that inflation had peaked in the first quarter. more...

Fighting inflation in times when commodity prices increase is part of the future challenges the European Central Bank (ECB) will have to face, Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, executive board member of the ECB, said in an exclusive interview with CNBC Friday. more...

If the monetary policy committee of the Bank of England were paid a performance bonus, its members would deserve nothing. The UK’s inflation outcome has been far from target over a long period. So should the MPC raise rates now to make up for its past failures? No. But its position is becoming...

Discussing where the U.S. economy is headed and whether inflation will continue to rise, with Steven Ricchiuto, Mizuho Securities; Peter Boockvar, Miller Tabak, and CNBC's Steve Liesman. more...

Following the sharp debate in markets about whether we are on the verge of a pickup in inflation or if the recent decline in commodity prices means we are out of the inflation woods, with CNBC's Steve Liesman & Randy Kroszner, former Federal Reserve Governor/University of Chicago Booth School of...

Higher commodities prices are likely to show up in a hotter consumer inflation report Friday, even as commodities lose steam. more...