Japanese consumers have historically steered clear of foreign rice. But facing high prices, they rushed last week to buy the first South Korean imports to Japan in decades, clearing the shelves within days, South Korean officials said. It was a relatively small amount, a little over two tons, compared with Japan’s overall shortage, but it…
Egg prices in the United States have hit an all-time high. Despite a fall in wholesale prices and bird flu outbreaks at egg farms, the average retail cost of a dozen eggs rose to $6.23 in March. The cost is increasing as families and companies are getting ready for the Easter season, when the demand…
NEW DELHI: The government on Monday increased the price of LPG by Rs 50 per cylinder. Union petroleum minister Hardeep Puri said that the price of cylinder will go from Rs 500 to Rs 550 for Ujwalla scheme beneficiaries and Rs 803 to Rs 853 for general users.“The price per cylinder of LPG will increase…
President Trump has said that his aim in imposing tariffs is to force companies to move production back to the United States. If manufacturers make their goods in America, he argues, they won’t have to pay the tariffs. But the latest revenue projections proffered by his administration call into question what Mr. Trump wants to…
NEW YORK: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance industry, is the latest U.S. government agency to have its work halted by the Trump administration. Conservatives have long targeted the work of the CFPB. Critics complain the independent…
President Trump’s executive orders on Saturday imposing broad tariffs on the country’s three largest trading partners also scrapped a shipping workaround for low-cost products, a move that is poised to alter how many online purchases are taxed. The provision, known as the de minimis exception, has been used by many e-commerce companies to send goods…
President Trump’s tariffs target countries that are major suppliers of a wide range of goods to the United States. For American families, the likely result is higher prices nearly everywhere they turn — in grocery aisles, at car dealerships, at electronics stores and at the pump. Mr. Trump on Saturday signed executive orders imposing tariffs…
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