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  Tokyo Consumer Inflation Accelerates in April as Companies Raise Prices

  The Wall Street Journal. - Kosaku Narioka and Megumi Fujikawa

  Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 3.4% in April from a year earlier Consumer inflation in the Tokyo metropolitan area accelerated as many Japanese companies raised prices of products and services in April to coincide with the start of the new fiscal year. Consumer prices excluding fresh food …

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  ECB’s Rehn Suggests Rate Cut at Next Meeting if Inflation Set to Fall Below Target

  The Wall Street Journal. - Joshua Kirby

  At 2.4%, eurozone inflation is above the central bank’s 2% target, but is expected to ease over the coming months The European Central Bank should keep lowering interest rates at its next meeting in June if forecasts show eurozone inflation falling below the bank’s 2% target, governing-council …

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  U.K. Risks Higher Inflation if It Retaliates Against Tariffs, BOE’s Bailey Warns

  The Wall Street Journal. - Ed Frankl

  The U.K. has been hopeful of a trade deal with the U.S., but had previously drawn up a list of items for potential retaliation Retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. would push inflation higher, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said Thursday. After President Trump announced a 10% tariff on April …

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  Home Sales in March Fell 5.9%, Biggest Drop Since 2022

  The Wall Street Journal. - Nicole Friedman

  Many buyers, spooked by rising economic uncertainty, stayed away from the housing market during the start of the crucial spring season Sales of existing homes in March posted their biggest monthly decline in more than two years, after mounting economic uncertainty roiled the housing market at the …

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  U.S. Jobless Claims Rise Slightly

  The Wall Street Journal. - Matt Grossman

  And the number of continuing claims, a gauge of the size of the unemployed population, fell to 1.84 million in the week through April 12 U.S. initial jobless claims climbed last week, according to the Department of Labor, but remained close to recent levels. In the week through April 19 there were …