• February 29 2024
  US inflation

  US inflation eases to 2.4%, according to Fed’s target index

  PCE figures for January are in line with economists’ expectations

  
• February 29 2024
  Eurozone inflation

  European inflation falls but sticky services costs raise doubts for ECB

  Central bank faces quandary over when to cut interest rates despite price drops in Germany and France

  
• February 28 2024
  UK inflation

  Wealthy Britons’ spending habits make it harder to curb inflation, BoE official says

  Catherine Mann says price rises are increasingly driven by people who do not feel the impact of higher interest rates

  
• February 27 2024
  Nigeria

  Nigeria raises rates to 22.75% in first meeting since July

  New central bank governor Olayemi Cardoso’s 400bp increase aims to tackle soaring inflation and stem naira’s slide

  
• February 27 2024
  UK inflation

  UK food inflation near 2-year low, data shows

  Rate eases sharply in February as input costs for energy and fertiliser fall

  
• February 26 2024
  UnhedgedRobert Armstrong

  Berkshire or the S&P? Premium content

  Plus, the money supply doesn’t predict inflation

  
• February 25 2024
  Eurozone inflation

  Will eurozone inflation continue to drop?

  Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  
• February 23 2024
  UK economy

  UK consumer confidence falls amid concern over persistent inflation

  GfK index declines by two points in February after three months of improvements

  
• February 22 2024
  Will a second inflation wave turn the AI boom into a winter of discontent?

  That 70s S***show

  
• February 22 2024
  Unhedged

  The Fed probably won’t raise rates Premium content

  Declining to cut is punishment enough

  
• February 22 2024
  US interest rates

  Wavering investors come around to Fed’s outlook on interest rates

  Stubborn US inflation data persuades traders to rein in aggressive bets on cuts

  
• February 22 2024
  News in-depthUK inflation

  How ‘dodgy’ jobs data hit the UK’s battle against inflation 

  Flawed labour market survey has left rate-setters unsure on even basic questions such as the level of unemployment

  
• February 21 2024
  US interest rates

  US Fed officials were wary of cutting rates too quickly

  Minutes from January meeting showed rate-setters remained ‘highly attentive’ to inflation risks

  
• February 20 2024
  Walmart Inc

  Walmart says inflation was stickier than expected in latest quarter

  Prices of some items did not fall as much as anticipated, claims world’s largest retailer

  
• February 20 2024
  UK inflation

  BoE may begin cutting rates before hitting 2% inflation target

  Governor Andrew Bailey points to ‘encouraging signs’ that price pressures are easing

  
• February 20 2024
  EU employment

  Eurozone collective wage growth slows for first time since 2022

  Decline unlikely to assuage inflation concerns and speed up rate cuts, say economists

  
• February 20 2024
  Chris Giles on Central Banks

  What caused the great inflation? Premium content

  An international comparison unmasks the culprits and has a sting in the tail

  
• February 16 2024
  News in-depthUK economy

  Will UK households enjoy a better year in 2024?

  Rebound in retail sales fails to mask broader picture of Britain’s sluggish outlook, economists say

  
• February 16 2024
  Eurozone inflation

  Productivity boost needed to keep inflation low, says ECB policymaker

  Germany’s Isabel Schnabel says monetary policy should ‘remain restrictive’ for now

  
• February 16 2024
  James Henderson

  Investors, don’t waste an economic crisis

  Turn market or economic turbulence to your advantage

  
• February 15 2024
  Eurozone economy

  EU cuts growth and inflation forecasts for 2024

  Eurozone GDP and output figures revised down while inflation expected to halve from last year’s highs

  
• February 15 2024
  UK interest rates

  More evidence of inflation easing needed before rate cuts, says BoE policymaker

  Monetary policy will ‘need to remain restrictive for some time’, MPC member Megan Greene warns

  
• February 14 2024
  Argentine economy

  How Milei is trying to curb Argentina’s 250% inflation

  Libertarian economist must walk a tightrope to defuse price pressures

  
• February 14 2024
  Claudia Sahm

  The Fed is needlessly delaying rate cuts

  By dragging its feet, the central bank risks harming both financial markets and the economy

  
• February 14 2024
  UK inflation

  UK inflation holds steady at 4%

  Price growth undershoots forecasts and leads traders to raise bets on interest rate cuts by Bank of England