A business cycle is made of four fluctuations — expansion, peak, contraction and trough — in the gross domestic product (GDP). During the expansionary phase, inflation is at a healthy rate, which is ...

In FY23, the GDP deflator ... that while even as the deflator is very low, the Reserve Bank of India is unable to let the interest rates reduce, as it is bound by the inflation targetting ...

In other words, the ratio of nominal GDP ... inflation averaging at (-)0.7% as against 9.6% in FY23, the main reason why the deflator turned out to be unusually low. Why the RBI did not cut rates ...

A real interest rate is an interest rate that has been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation. Once adjusted, it reflects the real cost of funds to a borrower and the real yield to a lender ...

US first quarter GDP growth is an annualised 1.6%, well below the 2.5% consensus expectation, but inflation is hotter with the core PCE deflator up 3.7% annualised ... it makes a near-term Federal ...

US GDP growth slowed to 1.6% annualised in the first quarter of this year, less than half the 3.4% rate recorded in 4Q23, but core inflation was stronger, picking up from a 2% annualised rate to 3.7%.

The Federal Reserve's key inflation rate reared up in the first quarter, as U.S. GDP growth slowed more than expected, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. After the data, which supports a ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's Finance Ministry on Thursday hiked its projection for economic growth this year but also raised inflation estimates ... fewer interest rate cuts and a higher terminal ...

On Thursday, Japan’s cabinet office unveiled its preliminary estimates for GDP growth ... the highest rate since 1982. Inflation has cooled since then, but are still rising faster than incomes.