The latest inflation numbers for the eurozone suggest the region remains at risk of deflation. In December consumer prices were up by 0.8 ... tags: deflationECBEconomic_crisisEuropeeurozoneEurozone_in_crisisinflation

Greeces severe recession continues to dissuade people from spending money, further dragging down consumer prices.In November inflation fell ... tags: andcoulddeflationEconomic_crisisfromfutureGreece

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said an increase to 8 percent from 5 percent, which is expected to be combined with stimulus measures, would help ...

Yet another budget showdown in Washington and yet another government crisis in Italy herald more turbulence for a global economy growing ...

Japan is on a roll. Its economy is growing at a robust rate of 3.8 percent, thanks to the bold monetary and economic policies of Prime ...

U.S. employers added 169,000 jobs in August and much fewer in July than previously thought. Hiring has slowed from the start of the year ...

Japan's government won backing for a controversial decision to raise the national sales tax in 2014, after influential members of a special ...

The Federal Reserve could increase the risk that the U.S. economy suffers a damaging bout of deflation if it tapers its bond buying too ... tags: BullardDeflationeasingFederalMonetarypolicyQuantitative

A weaker yen is likely for at least a year and how much it eases in the near term will depend on how soon investors expect the U.S. Fed to ... tags: BusinessDeflationeasingFederalJapaneseMonetaryQuantitative

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said a planned increase in the sales tax rate would not hurt the economy and was needed to repair ... tags: BankDeflationeasingfinanceJapanofPublic

The U.S. economy expanded at an annual rate of 1.6 per cent in the quarter of 2010, down from 3.7 per cent in the first quarter.Powered by ... tags: deflationdownturneconomicgdpgrowthinflationslowdown