INFLATION

Sweden’s central bank surprised investors with the extent of the cut and said it was prepared to further ease monetary policy.

All eyes will be on Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as she testifies to Congress beginning Wednesday over a monetary policy path clouded by financial disquiet.

Consumers' expectations for inflation fell as they became more cognizant of lower costs for gas, healthcare and college, the survey found.

In an unprecedented move to boost growth, the central bank announced Friday that it aims to achieve its 2 percent inflation target "at the earliest possible time."

The Federal Reserve made its decision following a bruising month for international markets that also saw a drop in crude oil and commodity prices.

Negative news stories about the U.S. economy may stir fears that are unsupported by actual economic conditions, some market watchers say.

The Federal Reserve’s interest-rate-setting committee has projected smooth sailing for the U.S. economy, but markets have not cooperated.

Declining oil prices and Western sanctions have helped create the deepest economic crisis in Russia since 2009 — and it's hitting poor people hardest.

Bankers and finance leaders on a panel at the World Economic Forum differed on ways to reboot Europe's financial confidence.

The announcement was made just hours after official figures released by the central bank showed that inflation had surged to a staggering 141.5 percent.

China's economy was off to a shaky start in 2016, as producer prices fell and the main stock market index lost 10 percent in the first week of trading.

Swift earned nearly $200 million on the road in North America alone in 2015, far more than anyone in history.

The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates last month even as some officials were unsure about the move.

Stimulus measures have had little effect on the bloc's near-zero inflation rate as crude oil has hit its lowest annual average price in 11 years.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government and the central bank would work to completely defeat it.

Bank after central bank eased rates or pumped stimulus into the economy in 2015, more than 40 of them, in a bid to boost growth, fight deflation, or both. The results, though, are questionable, with many investors asking whether 2016 will be the year when ultra-loose monetary policy is seen to reach the limits of its potential.

Steady growth in real estate has lifted housing prices in many cities back to their levels at the start of the Great Recession.

Oil touched $38 per barrel on Thursday after falling below $36 per barrel, an 11-year low, earlier in the week.

Russians face a difficult start to 2016 as inflated food prices and stagnant salaries guarantee a challenge to make ends meet.

The move by the newly elected government is likely to spark the country’s biggest currency depreciation since its economic meltdown in 2002.

The Fed's decision Wednesday to raise the benchmark interest rate reflects how much the country has healed since the Great Recession.