Interest Rates – Page 130

How Inflation and Interest Rates Vary Around the World

Prices are still rising too fast for comfort in many major economies, and policymakers across the globe are trying to wrestle them under control.

By Karl Russell and Jeanna Smialek

Central bankers and economists gathered this week and, amid concerns about persistent inflation, wondered about all the things they still don’t know.

By Eshe Nelson

The Federal Reserve is monitoring “core” price increases for a hint at how inflation will develop. They slowed slightly in May.

By Jeanna Smialek

It has been an arduous process to get the financial system to stop relying on the tarnished interest-rate benchmark.

By Joe Rennison