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The inflation rate in Germany is expected to be +2.3% in June 2026. It is measured as the change in the consumer price index (CPI) compared with the same month a year earlier. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that consumer prices decreased by 0.3% on May 2026. The inflation rate excluding food and ...

BOJ'S SATO: NEED TO WATCH BOTH DOWNSIDE RISKS TO GROWTH AND UPSIDE RISKS TO INFLATION BOJ'S SATO: MARKETS BASICALLY SET LONG-TERM RATE LEVELS, WHICH FLUCTUATE REFLECTING OVERSEAS, DOMESTIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS OVERSEAS YIELD MOVES

In June, the KOF Economic Barometer increases by 2.6 points to a level of 101.2 (after revised 98.6 in the previous month). On the production side, the positive developments are particularly apparent among the indicators within manufacturing. On the demand side, both the indicator bundles for foreign demand as well as for private consumption show a ...

According to preliminary figures from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), retail sales in Germany rose by 1.1% in real terms (price-adjusted) and by 1.0% in nominal terms (not price-adjusted) in May 2026 compared to April 2026, after adjusting for calendar and seasonal effects. Compared to the same month of the previous year, May 2025, sales ...

Private consumption across Asia remained subdued in 2025, reflecting soft real income growth, cautious household sentiment, and the lagged effects of earlier monetary tightening. Recent declines in oil prices are a welcome relief, easing pressure on household purchasing power and supporting sentiment. At the same time, strong equity market gains - most ...

Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara: always ready to take necessary action on forex

A former senior Bank of Japan official has said the central bank's next interest rate increase is likely to come before December, pushing back against the consensus view among economists that the BOJ will hold until the final month of the year. Kenzo Yamamoto, a former BOJ executive, told Bloomberg that the case for an earlier move rests on an underlying ...

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Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh is wasting little time putting his stamp on the nation's central bank, launching what amounts to a top-to-bottom review of how the Federal Reserve operates as he seeks to restore its credibility after the past five years of inflation running above the Fed's 2% target, The New York Times reports. Just weeks into the job, ...

Deserted streets and parks, closed schools and cancelled public events. The recent heatwave in Europe brought back memories of the pandemic lockdowns. This time, however, it wasn’t a virus but record-breaking temperatures driving the disruption. European countries, including France, the UK, Switzerland and Germany, experienced their hottest days on record ...