U.K. Inflation Rate Slips Lower for Third Straight Month
Prices rose at an annual rate of 6.7 percent in August. A rise in energy costs was offset by a slower increase in food prices.
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Can Ghana’s Debt Trap of Crisis and Bailouts Be Stopped?
The government of Ghana is essentially bankrupt, and has turned to the International Monetary Fund for its 17th financial rescue since 1957.
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What Retail Sales and Other Data Say About China’s Economy
Consumers are spending a little more, but apartment prices and the pace of construction keep falling.
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European Central Bank Raises Rates for a 10th Time
In its battle to control inflation, the bank raised its key interest rate to the highest level on record but suggested that rates have reached their peak.