BEIJING: China's consumer inflation accelerated to its fastest in five months in January while producer price deflation persisted, reflecting mixed consumer spending and weak factory activity.

Prices of airplane tickets rose 8.9% from a year earlier, tourism inflation was 7.0% and movie and performance ticket prices rose 11.0%. Consumer spending reports over the holidays were mixed, ...

COLAs are specifically tied to inflation, so during periods when it’s rampant, COLAs tend to be more generous. During periods of light or moderate inflations, Social Security COLAs are smaller.

This index is primarily used to determine current inflation and predict how prices might change in the near future. According to the Labor Department’s most recent report, CPI in January was 3.0 ...

Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Central banks around the world are expected to lower borrowing costs as global inflation eases from the multi ...

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