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Japan raises interest rates to 31-year high as central bankers fight inflation; retail sales rise in Great Britain – business live

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BBC Business·1h ago

Japan raises interest rate to new 31-year high to curb rising prices

Central banks around the world have hiked rates as high energy prices are pushing up inflation.

The Guardian·2h ago

Global leaders urged to join initiative to fight extreme inequality

More than 1,500 academics and economists sign letter, calling growing gap between richest and poorest ‘a policy choice that can be reversed’ More than 1,500 academics and economists from 100-plus countries are urging global leaders to join an initiative against extreme inequality, calling current unfairness “a policy choice that can be reversed”. Before the UN general assembly in New York next week, the experts have signed an open letter backing the International Panel on Inequality (IPI). Continue reading...

CNBC·4h ago

Pokémon card curbs send shares of Japanese online marketplace Mercari on a bumpy ride

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Bank of Japan raises interest rates to 31-year high, flags concerns over inflation

Bank of Japan raises benchmark interest rate from 1 to 1.25 percent, pledging to help counter inflation risks.

CNBC·7h ago

How record diesel prices will rip through the U.S. economy. Trucks, rails are only the start

Record diesel prices are already walloping the transportation sector, and if energy prices stay high, the economic impact will spread.