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According to the Korean Statistics Agency, the consumer price index (CPI) in South Korea rose by 4.8% year-on-year in April. The increase continued after a 4.1% rise in March and the highest level in more than 13 years. Core inflation…
The gold price has come out of the weekend with a fat minus and falls at the beginning of the week for a short time even over 2%. A strong USDX puts pressure on the gold price ahead of the…
The European Union’s statistical office Eurostat reported that the consumer price index (CPI) for the eurozone rose to 7.5% in April 2022, the highest level since Eurostat was established. The data was compiled from 7.4% in March. This is in…
The Australian National Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported today that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key measure of inflation, increased 5.1% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2022. The consumer price index for the first quarter recorded the fastest…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that Singapore’s core inflation rate rose at its fastest pace in 10 years in March, driven by higher prices of food and services. Core inflation rose by 2.9% year-on-year in March. This…
That’s how fast it can go back. At the end of last week, the gold price was still on the verge of exceeding the $2,000 mark. But then it went back down 1.29% to $1,932.50 per ounce on the last…
These are certainly special times we are experiencing at the moment, from the virus pandemic, new all-time highs in the stock markets, commodity boom to the war in Ukraine. Investors are certainly thinking about how best to position themselves in…
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said Tuesday (April 22) that the consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.2% in March from a year earlier. This is higher than the average CPI for the period from January 2011 to March 2022…
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said today that the core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes prices for basic food items, rose 0.8% in March from a year earlier. This was the largest increase in more than two…
The Producer Price Index (PPI) continued to rise in March to 26.7% from 23.5% in February. Producer prices in Russia are rising after several countries and companies boycotted Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. In addition, some countries have imposed…
