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Cost of living

Opinion & Features

Why alternative pay cycles are turning into a financial necessity

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has announced sweeteners such as above-inflation rises to the minimum wage and pensions, along with freezes on rail fares and prescription charges ahead of the budget.
International

UK to unveil tax-raising budget

US President Donald Trump plans to hold rallies around the United States in coming months in battleground states to tout his economic agenda, two administration officials said, ahead of midterm elections next November.
International

Trump touts US economy in meeting with McDonald’s owners, operators

The order is part of a major push by Trump and his top officials to address Americans’ growing concerns about persistently high grocery prices.
International

Trump cuts tariffs on beef, coffee and other foods as inflation concerns mount

More than half of the line items reported in the monthly Consumer Price Index from the Labor Department were rising at more than a 3 per cent annualised rate as of the latest report for September, according to analysis by Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok.
International

Trump eyes more domestic travel to tout economic agenda, affordability

US President Donald Trump’s poll numbers have weakened in recent months amid growing concerns about the economy and ongoing frustration about inflation.
International

Trump says US faces ‘economic disaster’ if Supreme Court rules against tariffs

Polls show Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with the cost of living, along with rising concern over the impact of Trump’s global tariff war.
International

Trump hammered on cost of living in Democratic wave

Second Minister for Finance Indranee Rajah was responding to a question on the government's approach top providing cost-of-living support.
Singapore

Cost-of-living fears need data backing for government to give more support: Indranee

The public’s deep discontent over soaring costs of living played a key role in handing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his ruling coalition a historic setback in an election last month.
Global Enterprise

Japan’s inflation hovers well above BOJ’s goal even as it slows

The one-off handout will be disbursed from Aug 31.
ASEAN Business

Malaysia PM Anwar unveils cash handout, fuel subsidy revamp as protests loom over rising living costs

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