Consumer price

Japan’s consumer prices rose four percent in December from a year earlier, a level not seen since December 1981, fuelled in part by higher energy bills, government data showed Friday. The acceleration came after a 3.7...

Consumer prices in the US rose more than expected last month in a sign that the inflation fight in the world’s largest economy is far from over. Inflation, the rate at which prices rise, was 8.2%...

News Hour: Japan’s consumer prices rose again in April due largely to higher energy bills, data showed on Friday, underpinning a mixed picture for policymakers’ efforts to boost growth amid on-and-off deflation. The country’s prospects have...

News Hour: Japan’s consumer prices fell in October, government data showed on Friday, extending the longest string of declines in five years and underscoring its struggles to conquer deflation. The weak inflation data — core prices...