Inflation and Deflation

By Marc Jones LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymaker James Bullard said on Thursday that while the U.S. economy was improving, he would like to be sure inflation was heading back towards target before the bank started winding down its...

* GDP growth seen slowing to 6.5 pct in 2012/13 from 8.5 pct * Inflation seen steady in single digits * Huge public spending crowding out the private sector * Reforms needed to lure more foreign investment By Richard Lough ADDIS ABABA, May 23...

* Praet says ECB could expand its instruments * Noyer: ECB mulls measures to ease financial fragmentation * Nowotny says ECB support still needed * Bernanke says Fed could start tapering off bond buys By Leigh Thomas and Jason Lange PARIS/WASHINGTON,...

PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is looking into expanding its range of policy tools, while the U.S. central bank is mulling scaling back its support measures, highlighting the contrasting fortunes between the world's two biggest...

* Fedecamaras' head says lack of hard currency crimps growth * Sees most companies' 2013 billing falling at least 40 pct * Maduro's slim election victory shows need for dialogue By Brian Ellsworth CARACAS, May 23 (Reuters) - Venezuela is slipping into...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Bank of Israel could lower short-term interest rates for the second time this month next week to further weaken the shekel and support exports, although it's a close call, according to a Reuters poll. Of 13 economists surveyed,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many Federal Reserve officials earlier this month wanted to see more evidence that the economy was recovering before shifting toward a tapering of their bond purchase program, the Fed said on Wednesday. "Most observed that the...

* Bernanke touts benefits of Fed bond buying * Says end to purchases will depend on economy * Could trim bond buys at one of the "next few meetings" * If anything, "inflation is too low," Bernanke says By Pedro da Costa and Alister Bull WASHINGTON,...

(Reuters) - Spiking interest rates in Japan threaten to undermine, and possibly end, the recovery being engendered by Abenomics. That could reverse gains not only in Tokyo stocks, but in stock markets world-wide which have benefited from Japanese...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank could expand its policy toolkit if needed to battle deflation risks, a top ECB official said on Wednesday, adding that the central bank was also weighing measures to encourage more lending in the euro zone....

* Bernanke touts benefits of Fed bond buying * Says end to purchases will depend on economy * Could trim bond buys at one of the "next few meetings" * If anything, "inflation is too low," Bernanke says By Pedro da Costa and Alister Bull WASHINGTON,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the economy recover but the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas pedal, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday. A decision to...