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Since it's not in the government's favor to impose taxes or increase interest so as to gain the people's voices in the case of re-election, some country's central banks have become independent, as in the case of Mexico in this article. With this independence, the central banks opt to impose their control of inflation through the increase and decrease of interest rates with the objective of maintaining a low, stable rate of inflation. Recently, Mexico's annual inflation rate cooled in February to its lowest in 14 months despite some sharp increases in food prices. This kept the pressure off the central bank to raise interest rates soon.

This article discusses how India, as well as most Asian countries are susceptible of experiencing a cost-push inflation in the near future due to the progressively increasing oil prices (which would increase production costs significantly, reduce output, and increase prices). Also, details concerning India's agricultural sector in relation to inflation rates are also discussed.

China's fast growth may be a contributor towards higher inflation rates. If high Inflation rates persist it is believed that the leadership will come under pressure. High food and housing prices are the measures of inflation.

"China's inflation could hit five percent this year due to soaring commodity prices and rising wages" Asia is currently facing cost push inflation.

Fears are growing that Asia's recent troubles with inflation could go deeper than initially expected as countries bump up against labor shortages (in Singapore's case for example) and other problems commonly seen in times of too-fast growth. Furthermore, inflation concerns in Asia have focused on rising food costs exacerbated by bad weather and, more recently, higher oil prices amid political tensions in the Middle East

This article is about a rising concern over inflation in China. Pressures from oil, agricultural commodities and wages are the main contributors to the inflation in China and the Chinese government is having difficulty to control them.

It is an old article but still inflation is one of the biggest issues in India these days. the article discusses about how inflation broke out in India and compare the affect of inflation in India and other developing countries

This article is about the advice of leading industry body ASSOCHAM to the government of India. ASSOCHAM says that the most effective way to bring down the inflation rate is to address supply-side issues, rather than to mess with monetary policy. India's inflation rate has increased from 8.31% to 8.98% from last month.

This industry speciifc article discusses the demand by the Steel manufactures for supply side policy in india to combat rising inflation. They also want an end to monetary policy which they feel is not working. The government has stated that inflation is falling and there is growth.

China has been encountering substantial increases of monetary assets. However, this money growth may be stunted by a fast-approaching inflation. This article explores further into why there will be inflation in China, and what they can do to battle against it. One thing they mention is slowing credit growth. -Michael

This article is about Hong Kong. Food and rental costs increased significantly in February. The inflation was described as one of the 2 challenges of local government. It is because consumer prices increased by 4.5%.

The article discusses a higher than expected growth in the level of inflation, growing 2.4% in January alone. The rise is attributed to a rise in food prices due to the loss of harvest during the smog wildfire issues of summer 2010. Under election pressure, the finance minister has stated that more compensation would be given to low-income earners if inflation continued to rise unimpeded.

China's inflation rate has been growing over the years, however, some economic experts say that inflation is a healthier way to rebalance China's economy than currency appreciation.

India, Mumbai, April 12: The weak industrial output numbers may have sparked calls for a pause in monetary tightening, but the Reserve Bank of India is unlikely to oblige. Also, a sticky inflation situation may force the RBI to raise key rates for the ninth time in 15 months.... It seems as though India is stuck between raising interest rates and reducing inflation or reducing interest rates for the sake of maintaining and stimulating its economic growth...

It is easy to see the relation between this article and the lesson. We are not sure the causes of inflation but we believe it is damaging Pakistán

This article discuses how the increase in VAT indirect taxes, past year in Spain, by the government led to a generalized inflation that stroke the market quite heavily.

The governor of the New Zealand central bank said monetary policy would continue to focus on medium term inflation pressures and would be used if they rise because of high commodity prices and the exchange rate.

The article suggests that monetary policy is one of the few countercyclical tools that nearly every economist can get behind. This article also shows how economists think of inflation and get rid of inflation. monetary policy is one of good ways that economists think

This articel reveals the unwillingness of India to relinquish control over oil prices. This because of a need to keep them managable for their large poor population and to control inflation.But the are lifting these prices incrementally to prepare them for market control

The article discusses price controls (ceiling prices) as a remedy for rising inflation in certain Asian economies (all above 4 %). The ceiling price was employed on food prices that were the main cause for rising inflation. The price controls were an alternative to raising interest rates which would raise the value of the local currencies by attracting foreign capital. The article discusses the feasibility of price controls as short term vs long term solutions. It states that price controls reduce incentives and efficiency in the long run by not rewarding producers appropriately. Nevertheless, they are effective in this particular case since the rise in price of food (pork rose 60 %) was mainly attributed to supply irregularities. If the price rises were caused through excessive demand, then price controls would perhaps not be as beneficial in the short run since the likelihood of a black market developing/smuggling would be much higher.

Recent floods and Cyclone Yasi in Australia damaged Queensland's coal and agriculture industries, reducing the country's real level of output therefore adversely affecting its economic growth. This could make the economy contract for the first time since the global financial crisis. Furthermore, The damage to agriculture industries is expected to cause a spike in food prices increase inflation over the next few months.