Nepal’s traders hike rice prices as India orders export halt
India, the world's largest exporter of rice, said it was imposing a ban on the export of non-Basmati white rice to keep its food reserve intact amid the threat of El Niño…
Inflation
Save the Philippines from debt misuse
Just as inflation in the prices of goods and services are initially met with howls of protest but eventually become accepted as part of the normal, so, too, it seems, have…
Seoul ups the ante against ‘ramen inflation’
The retail industry seems to be feeling the pinch from pressure from the government, but many industry insiders downplayed the possibility of the rare meeting yielding immediate…
Call it Swiftlation: Pop stars could be powering inflation as concert prices surge
Fans are shelling out a fortune for tickets to see the world’s biggest music acts, including names like Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen, who have not toured for years.
Hong Kong consumer prices up 2% in May
A government spokesman said that while domestic cost pressures may increase alongside the economic recovery, external price pressures will likely see some moderation though…
Asian cities top list of costliest places to live
For the fourth year in a row, the region remains the costliest to live in.
Cut domestic borrowing to rein in inflation: PRI urges government
The Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh said such measures will also restrain the government from printing new taka to meet its expenditures for achieving a high GDP growth.
Cash-strapped young Koreans turn to pawn shops
Pawn shops enjoying a boom is a worrying sign of a deteriorating economic conditions or the growth of credit-poor consumers, experts say.
Inflation in Indonesia brought under control faster than expected
Bank Danamon economist Irman Faiz said the "disinflation" was broad-based across segments.
Ending poverty: ‘Real test of good governance’
Leila de Lima, principal sponsor and author of the bill Magna Carta of the Poor, said it could be the “game-changer” in the fight against poverty.