By Dawn Chmielewski, Danielle Broadway and Sachin Ravikumar LOS ANGELES/GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) – Call it Beyflation. Or maybe Swiftflation. The cost of certain goods is retreating in som[...]
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South Koreans tap cash-giving apps to help offset rising living costs
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – Throngs of people have been milling seemingly aimlessly around the forecourt of a museum in central Seoul, brushing silently past each other with heads bent towar[...]
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‘Zero capacity to save’: Argentines buckle as inflation tops 104%
By Horacio Soria and Juan Carlos Bustamante BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s annual inflation rate soared to 104.3% in March, the official statistics agency said on Friday, one of the highest[...]
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Metal worker, soccer coach, honey salesman: three jobs to beat Argentina’s 100% inflation
By Miguel Lo Bianco and Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -As Argentina’s over 100% inflation rate saps earning power and outstrips wages, Jorge Pedro Armoa, 67, has found a painful solution:[...]
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Cost-of-living hit compounds UK gambling problems, charity warns
LONDON (Reuters) – Some Britons with gambling problems have used betting shops as a way to keep warm and have wagered their state benefits in an attempt to cover their bills as the cost-of-livin[...]
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Argentina inflation tops 100% for first time since 1991
By Miguel Lo Bianco and Claudia Martini SAN FERNANDO, Argentina (Reuters) – Argentina’s annual inflation rate tore past 100% in February, the country’s statistics agency said on Tues[...]
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EU inflation pushes egg prices up by an average 30% in January
By Vittorio Maresca di Serracapriola and Alessandro Parodi (Reuters) – Consumers across the European Union paid on average 30% more for eggs in January than a year before, Eurostat data showed o[...]
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Yellen honors pioneers as U.S. prints first banknotes with women’s signatures
By Andrea Shalal FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday hailed fellow pioneers during the unveiling of the first U.S. banknotes printed with two women[...]
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U.S. Treasury’s Yellen ‘practiced and practiced’ her signature for U.S. bills
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she “practiced and practiced” writing the signature that will soon adorn U.S. dollars in order to avoid the illegible s[...]
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