INFLATION

After a year of rampant inflation and currency woes, is Argentina about to receive a quieter year?

As the most stable economy in Latin America, Chile has paved its way for a comfortable year.

Indicators such as unemployment and inflation are edging closer to limits set by the bank to rescue the economy from the financial crisis.

What's more, the argument runs counter to common Wall Street wisdom on commodities and fast food profit margins.

Inflation rates for the euro zone are dropping, and economists warn this mean trouble.

Inflation in the euro zone and the EU remained well below the ECB's target rate.

Consumer prices in Spain and Italy rose in December, but the rate of growth remains much below the desired 2 percent target.

Italy's business climate index improved moderately in December, while producer prices continued to drop.

Factory output climbed for a third month in a row, while retail sales jumped and job availability hit a six-year high.

Confidence among German consumers is improving, aided by a buoyant economic outlook, while producer prices continued to decline.

Although the Fed said it plans to gradually reduce stimulus over the next year, when is it likely to occur? Analysts offered their view.

Following the Fed’s long-awaited decision on its QE program, attention should switch back to economic data.

Ahead of the FOMC announcement, Mark Newton of Greywolf Execution weighs in on three main indicators investors should watch for tapering.

The Bank of England said short-term interest rates in the U.K., U.S. and euro zone have diverged more than earlier in the year.

It's Chair Bernanke's last Fed meeting, but stimulus is likely to remain untouched, due to the U.S.'s job shortage.

One telling stat: Rampant inflation has stoked an underground black market for U.S. dollars, undermining tight Venezuelan currency controls.

ZEW analysts expect economic development in Germany and the euro zone to improve further in 2014, while others urge caution.

Slower increases in food and energy prices caused the inflation to moderate to a multiyear low.

The FOMC’s Wednesday announcement remains in focus as data and Fed rhetoric point to the beginning of the end for stimulus.

Wednesday's post-FOMC press conference will also be Bernanke’s farewell appearance as Fed chairman.

Stocks seem set to open higher at the beginning of a week that features a range of data releases and the crucial FOMC meeting.