Inflation and Deflation

* Fed meeting in focus on signs of reduced bond purchases * Bond volatility picks up before Fed meeting * Trader says Fed may reduce purchases as Treasury cuts supply By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries prices rose on...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers will likely announce on Wednesday that they will keep buying bonds at a monthly pace of $85 billion, while keeping their options open to scale back the program later this year if the U.S. labor market...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has no intention of blinking first in the face off with Japan's markets even as central bank officials grow increasingly worried about price volatility. Instead, he wants...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has no intention of blinking first in the face off with Japan's markets over policy even as central bank officials grow increasingly worried about price volatility. A selloff in Japanese stocks,...

WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices rose in May for the first time in three months, but the increase was small and inflation over the past year remained tame, the Labor Department said Tuesday. The consumer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1% last...

* U.S. consumer prices rise 0.1 percent in May * Core prices up 1.7 percent in 12 months to May * Possible end to declines in core could comfort Fed By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - A gauge of underlying U.S. inflation showed signs of...

WASHINGTON - The cost of living rose less than forecast in May, restrained by the first drop in food prices in almost four years and signaling inflation remains under control. The consumer price index was up 0.1 percent after falling 0.4 percent in...

* U.S. consumer prices rise 0.1 percent in May * Core prices up 1.7 percent in 12 months to May * Possible end to declines in core could comfort Fed By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. inflation showed signs of stabilizing in May after...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Inflation showed signs of stabilizing in May after a long decline, a potential comfort to Federal Reserve policymakers who want to avoid any chance of a debilitating bout of deflation. The Labor Department said on Tuesday the...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks advanced for a second straight day on Tuesday as investors bet the Federal Reserve would temper statements which were interpreted to mean a sooner-than-expected winding down of stimulus efforts. Strong market breadth showed an...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Monetary policy will help mitigate the impact a weaker local currency could have on inflation in Brazil, central bank chief Alexandre Tombini said on Tuesday. Tombini spoke after Brazil's currency, the real, touched its weakest level...

SINGAPORE, June 19 (Reuters) - Gold edged up on Wednesday after a two-day drop, but investors remained cautious as they looked to the end of a Federal Reserve policy meeting for clues on the outlook for U.S. economic stimulus. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold...