There is no strong empirical evidence that inflation in China has a significant impact on inflation in the US and Japan. According to a study in China and World Economy published by Wiley-Blackwell, the recent rise in Chinese prices is unlikely to affect Japan or the US. Conversely, there is evidence that the inflation in the US has had some impact on Chinese inflation.

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Interest Rate Manipulation and Inflation in the Housing Market Have Led to Recession.

Fed rate cut of .75 percent sunned the markets this morning. The Federal Open Market Committee has decided to lower its target for the federal funds rate 75 basis points to 3-1/2 percent.

The EU statistical agency Eurostat said Friday that inflation in the 13 nations that share the euro achieved the highest level since consumers began using the currency in 2002 – 3 percent.

The newly-elected Rudd Government is facing early pressure to deliver on campaign promises for a high speed broadband network and to overhaul regulation of the telecommunications industry.

This week's big political and economic focus will be inflation and whether official data out on Wednesday will trigger an interest rate rise in the middle of the election campaign. All eyes will be on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the September quarter.

It is hard enough living on a pension of $565 a month in Moscow - now Moisei Kelmanovich has to cope with rising inflation, and his faith in politicians is taking another hit.

Inflation touched five-year low of 3.07 per cent in India for the week ended 6th October, mainly due to decline in prices of essential items like fruits and vegetables, eggs, cereals and some manufactured goods.

The Australian Industry Group (AiG) says inflationary pressures continue to build across the manufacturing sector.

The Chinese government has announced it will freeze all prices it controls to contain the country's inflation surge, and Australian retail group Coles has reported a drop in full-year profits.

With marginal fall in fuel, power and non-metallic mineral prices, inflation came down in India to 3.32 percent for the week ended 8th September against 3.52 percent for the previous week.