INFLATION

Experts at PIMCO, which has the world's largest bond fund, said inflation is a medium and long term concern and investors should therefore consider purchasing more inflation-sensitive assets.

QE2 is a rising tide that lifts all boats. The boats, in this case, refers to asset prices. Unfortunately, some asset rallies, particularly those in consumer and industrial commodities, are bad for the real economy,

India's annual wholesale price index (WPI) for food articles declined to 12.85 percent for the week ended October 23, 2010, according to a government release on Thursday.

Michael Yoshikami, president and chief investment officer of YCMNET Advisors in Walnut Creek, Calif. discusses what exactly QE is, why it may be needed and its potential impact.

U.S. private employers unexpectedly shed jobs in September, reinforcing the belief that the U.S. Federal Reserve will embark on another round of monetary policy stimulus to support the economic recovery as early as next month.

Consumer confidence fell to its lowest level since February in September, underscoring lingering worries about the stremgth of the economic recovery, while home prices dipped in July.

Groundbreaking for new U.S. homes jumped in August to a four-month high, a tentative sign of stability in the housing market after steep declines brought by the end of a homebuyer tax credit.

The price of gold climbed to a new all-time high of $1,284 per ounce on Monday morning, suggesting that investors are very concerned about inflation that is apparently eroding the value of paper-currencies.

The Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee has appreciated that the monetary policy tightening by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its mid quarterly policy review by increasing interest rates.

Brazil created a record number of payroll jobs for the month of August in a sign that its economy is growing at a solid pace.

To some degree, Japan allowed deflation, or at least they did not choose extremely aggressive policies to fight it. This is largely due to the influence of Japanese constituents who own fixed income, which would devalue in the face of inflation.

The Federal Reserve should only embark upon further monetary easing if faced with a dangerous downward price spiral, otherwise it risks undermining its credibility, a top Fed official said on Wednesday.

Floods have ravaged Pakistan's economy, the prime minister said on Wednesday, with massive job losses and soaring inflation expected to hurt a nation whose stability is vital to the U.S. war against militancy.

Euro zone inflation slowed in August, pointing to steady interest rates well into 2011, but unemployment remains high and uneven across the region, underlining the two-speed recovery, data showed on Tuesday.

U.S. consumer spending rose in July at the strongest pace in four months, supported by a small gain in incomes that offered hope that consumers will be able to keep contributing to a modest economic recovery.

Consumer spending rose in July at the strongest pace in four months, supported by a small gain in incomes that offered hope that consumers will be able to keep contributing to a modest economic recovery.

The yen rose and Japanese shares gave up some of their strong early gains on Monday after the Bank of Japan made only minor tweaks in policy, disappointing markets looking for more aggressive action against deflation.

Most economists in a recent survey said they approved of the Federal Reserve's current course on monetary policy and see deflation as a risk for the short term.

The Bank of Japan began an emergency meeting on Monday to ease monetary policy, bowing to strong government pressure to try to curb a rise in the yen that is threatening a fragile economic recovery.

Japan's core consumer prices fell for the 17th straight month in July on an annual basis in a sign that deflation remains deeply entrenched, boding ill for a fragile economy faced with a surging yen.

India's food inflation eased further but remained in double digit for the third week in a row. According to official figures from country's commerce ministry, the food inflation based on wholesale price index eased to 10.05 percent for the week ended August 14, compared with previous week's 10.35 percent.