Shares of Critical Metals Corp. (CRML) surged nearly 20% in mid-day trade on Friday as investors reacted to Barclays Plc.

Aging populations, as Japan taught us, are inherently deflationary. Folks in their 70s don’t spend the way 20-somethings do.

U.S. inflation data will be top of the agenda in the week after recent very strong jobs data and could cause investors to ...