"INFLATION"

President Vladimir Putin ordered a 10% rise on Wednesday in pensions and the minimum wage to cushion Russians from inflation but denied the country's economic problems were all linked to the conflict in Ukraine.

Compelled to cut down on essential items and dip into their depleting savings, India’s elderly population is facing increasingly abrasive inflation as it becomes a battle for survival.

SINGAPORE - Workers in Singapore have high expectations of being given a pay rise and are ready to push their employers to get it, as costs of living increase amid a sharp labour crunch.

Thailand’s inflation increased 4.65 per cent in April from a year ago and is expected to climb higher this month due to rising prices of fuel and cooking gas, according to the Ministry of Commerce’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday (May 4) raised its overnight interest rate by half a percentage point, the biggest jump in 22 years, and the U.S. central bank's chief made an appeal to Americans to hang tough while officials take the hard measures to bring it under control.

Indian financial consultant Waqar Khan has seen his income drop by about a fifth since the coronavirus pandemic began and when his younger son's private school raised fees by 10% this year, he had no choice but to move him to the state system.

NCPI based headline inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to 21.5 per cent in March 2022 from 17.5 per cent in February 2022 due to increases of prices of items in both Food and Non-food categories.

The cost of imported household goods surged by 15-50 percent in April compared to the figure recorded in January, according to a recent study.

JAKARTA, April 9 (Xinhua): The Indonesian government has said the country is preparing to face a spike in inflation in the coming months caused by high global commodity prices, which may lead to a slowdown in the post-pandemic economic recovery.

The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday decided to maintain the policy interest rate at 0.50 per cent to support the country’s economic recovery.

Member countries at the latest meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) expressed concern that the fluctuating price of oil will worsen the inflation crisis.

The headline inflation in February rose to 104.10 points, the highest in 13 years, the Trade Policy and Strategy Office announced on Friday.