Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) – Page 3

Eurozone Price Pressures Edged Higher to End the Year

Inflation in the countries that use the euro rose to 2.9 percent in December, but the underlying rate continued a downward trend.

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Some oil tanker traffic continues to go through the Suez Canal, while plentiful global reserves keep crude prices steady.

Carrefour, a supermarket chain, said the maker of Pepsi, Lay’s and 7-Up was keeping its food “unacceptably” expensive despite falling inflation.

Americans were angry with Truman because of high prices in the aftermath of World War II, even as other economic signals looked promising.