inflation
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Surviving hyperinflation in Venezuela
In Venezuela, the government has knocked five zeroes off the refurbished Bolívar in a desperate attempt to control hyperinflation. The Bolívar Soberano is anchored to a…
Venezuela inflation set to top 1 million percent, IMF says
Inflation in Venezuela could top 1 million percent by year's end as the country's historic crisis deepens, the International Monetary Fund said Monday.
Reporters
Video: Maracaibo, the story of Venezuela's collapse
Maracaibo is the second-largest city in Venezuela. Its residents face soaring inflation, widespread poverty and shortages. Under Hugo Chavez, Venezuela based its economy on oil…
Inside The Americas
Venezuela hit by sky-high inflation despite large oil reserves
This week saw Nicolas Maduro re-elected as Venezuela's president. Maduro won a second term in spite of the economic crisis crippling the country. It's left Venezuela with the…
People & Profit
Bumpy ride ahead: Will volatility become the new norm for stock markets?
It only took a few weeks of 2018 before we hit our first stock market turbulence. For months, we've heard warnings that the equity market was due a sharp drop, given the massive…
Video: Soaring food prices push Sudanese to the brink
Protests have gripped Sudan since a government decision to cut subsidies sent the price of bread and other staples soaring. Our team reports from the capital, Khartoum.
Asian, European markets join global stock tumble
A rout in global equities deepened in Asia on Tuesday as inflation worries gripped financial markets, sending US stock futures sinking further into the red after Wall Street…
Dow ends down 4.6 percent after brutal session
Wall Street stocks plunged in chaotic trading on Monday, as the Dow's gains for 2018 were erased in a brutal pullback from months of stock market euphoria that had been acclaimed…
Tunisia protests over price hikes turn deadly
Protests hit several parts of Tunisia where dozens of people were arrested and one man died in unclear circumstances amid anger over rising prices, authorities said Tuesday.
ECB expected to lower inflation outlook
In this edition we focus on what is likely to come out of the ECB's latest meeting. We ask Naeem Aslam, Chief Market Analyst at ThinkMarkets, what he makes of the central bank…
Kenya's parliament seeks plan to curb rising food prices
In this week's edition: poor rains and scant harvests in Kenya send inflation skyrocketing; a seaside community in Mozambique sees its hopes for growth and investment stall; and…
François Hollande announces plans for museum, memorial to victims of slavery
In tonight's edition: François Hollande announces plans to build a memorial and museum to the victims of slavery, the repatriation of Etienne Tshisekedi's body to Kinshasa is…