KUWAIT: In the last week of May 2025, markets experienced heightened volatility amid mixed economic data, influencing global asset classes. WTI crude oil futures dropped over 1 percent, dropping ...

In the current calendar year so far, the MPC has cut the repo rate (the interest rate at which banks borrow funds to overcome ...

These actions not only affect the grocery stores, but also affect the companies that produce packaged food. The effect is ...

Consumer spending slowed despite rising incomes, potentially an early reaction to higher prices on some imported goods.

Coke-branded beverage products and Femsa’s retail services (convenience stores, drugstores, and gas stations) build differentiation on quality and consumer experience, not on price-competitiveness, ...

A key U.S. inflation gauge slowed last month as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have yet to noticeably push up prices, while ...

Inflation has edged down, but high housing costs could spark a fresh rise in prices and keep the Fed from cutting rates, ...

U.S. consumer spending increased marginally in April, with households opting to boost savings amid mounting economic ...

Although office and residential vacancies increased this year, demand is still high for working and living downtown, a new ...

The Federal Reserve has put interest rate cuts on hold until it has more clarity about President Trump’s policies.

Economists at Bank of America and Goldman Sachs forecast inflation will shoot up to more than 3.5% by year’s end.

U.S. inflation was benign in April, with retailers likely still selling inventory accumulated before the tariffs. The ...