Inflation and Deflation

* Producer prices fall 0.7 percent in April * Wholesale price drop largest in three years * Core PPI rises 0.1 percent, smallest since November * New York state manufacturing activity contracts in May By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters)...

* NY Fed manufacturing shrinks, despite expectations for growth * Producer price index shows biggest decline in three years * Euro zone posts sixth straight quarter of contraction By Luciana Lopez NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - Prices for U.S. Treasuries...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prices for Treasuries rose on Wednesday after a week of losses, as poor data on manufacturing pointed to lingering weakness in the economy and price pressures remained subdued. The New York Fed manufacturing index unexpectedly shrank...

* Producer prices fall 0.7 percent in April * Wholesale price drop largest in three years * U.S. factory output shrinks in April * New York state manufacturing activity contracts in May By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. producer...

* Turkey's monetary policy mix is unusually intricate * Criticised for failing to address inflation, loan growth * But gradually winning respect in financial markets * Achieves currency stability, weathers European crisis * Potential model for other...

LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mervyn King offered some rare good news for Britain's economy on Wednesday when he presented his final set of economic forecasts before stepping down after more than 20 years at the bank. For the first time...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth will not be "much greater" than 2 percent over the next three to five years, while global inflation will likely pick up, Pimco, the giant bond firm, said on Tuesday in its investment outlook report. Inflation may...

LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England chief Mervyn King should be the bearer of some good news on Wednesday in his final forecasts before handing the reins to Mark Carney, even if the British economy remains far from healthy. After repeatedly having to...

SYDNEY, May 14 (Reuters) - Australia's minority government released its 2013/14 budget bill on Tuesday, which showed a widely-flagged deficit in the new fiscal year. *************************************************************** KEY POINTS: 2013/14...

* Benchmark yield eases back from more than six-week high * German investor morale falls short of expectations * Inflation data expected later in the week By Luciana Lopez NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - Prices for U.S. Treasuries were little changed...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Circle the date, market mavens: April 29, 2013. AKA, the day the bond bull died. Age 31 years, 7 months. That, at least, is the call from Bill Gross, who is known on Wall Street as "the Bond King." Gross, the manager of the world'...

(Repeats story to add analysis tag to headline) By Gyles Beckford WELLINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - In the global currency arena small player New Zealand probably deployed its last best tactic this week - a strategically timed disclosure. The country's...