Wall Street Journal (blog)Food-Price Shocks Outweigh Oil SurgesWall Street Journal (blog)Economists and policy makers scrutinize oil prices because of the commodity's outsize impact on consumer spending, business investment, inflation and overall econo …

Less Than Zero: Japan's CPI Falls as Oil Rout Trumps KurodaBloombergAfter hovering near zero for months, the Bank of Japan's main inflation gauge dropped into negative territory as weak domestic demand and plunging oil prices wiped out the impact o …

BBC NewsLow oil price 'hitting Aberdeen hotel demand' says PwCBBC NewsThe lower oil price is continuing to hit Aberdeen's hotel trade and wider business community, according to a new analysis. PwC said the city's hotels had experienced doub …

India Boosts Cooking Oil Imports as El Nino Hurts Oilseed CropsBloombergCooking oil purchases by India rose in August after palm oil prices slumped to a six-year low and a dry spell hurt domestic oilseed crops. Imports, including those for industrial use, …

Wall Street JournalUS Producer Prices Climb as Oil StabilizesWall Street JournalWASHINGTON—A gauge of U.S. business prices rose in May as energy prices jumped, a sign inflation is stabilizing. The producer-price index for final demand, which measures price …

Globalnews.caOn buying olive oil: beware of the cheap stuffGlobalnews.caTORONTO – With a poor harvest of olives in traditional high-producing countries like Spain and Italy pushing global production to a 15-year-low and driving up the price of olive oil, i …

Canada's inflation at 14-month low on slumping oil pricesThe Globe and Mail (subscription)After peaking at 2.4 per cent in October, Canada's inflation rate has been in rapid retreat, driven by the sharp decline in the price of oil. But the core inf …