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Consumer Behavior Inflation Consumer Prices Fuel Prices Inflation Effects Fuel Costs Consumer Spending Currency Fluctuations Household Expenses Public Perception

Trump’s Claim That Prices Are ‘Going Down’ Challenged by CPI Data

Fact‑checking shows most grocery items rose since January 2025, undercutting the president’s message as inflation and oil costs stay elevated.

Fed Officials Signal Further Rate Hikes as Inflation Stays Above Target

New York Begins Mailing POWER Electricity Rebates as Utility Rules Face Legal Scrutiny

Free School Meals Extended to Over Three Million as Back-to-School Support Begins

Wholesale Dollar Breaks $1,500 as BCRA Steps In During Key 'Fixing'

New Disclosures Show Trump’s Accounts Made Hundreds of Energy and Defense Trades While in Office

U.S. Federal Debt Tops $40 Trillion

Italy Extends Diesel Excise Cut to Sept. 5 Funded by Advance Tax on Energy Firms

France Moves to Extend Fuel Aid for Sectors Hit by High Pump Prices

EU Ministers Push for Overprofit Tax on Oil Companies

Argentina's Per-Capita Beef Consumption Falls to Lowest Level in Over 20 Years

UK Records Unexpected July Deficit That Narrows Chancellor’s Fiscal Room

Argentina Consumer Confidence Falls to 40.23 in August

Think-Tank’s 'Fiscal Liberation Day' Calculation Fuels Tax Attack by Castilla‑La Mancha PP

UK Inflation Rises to 2.9% as Gas and Fuel Prices Jump

Argentines Now Spend More Than 12% of Wages on Utilities

Peru Announces Targeted S/4 Diesel Subsidy for Formal Transport

Mexico Raises Weekly Fuel Tax Quotas and Drops Premium Gasoline Subsidy

Klingbeil’s Income‑Tax Draft Fuels CDU Backlash Over Speed and Funding

Europe's Rivers Reach Historic Lows and Disrupt Key Freight and Energy Flows