Prices falling across the economy can sound like a welcome break for strained budgets, but a sustained drop in what you pay ...

Explore the surprising benefits of deflation as seen in Switzerland, and understand when falling prices can signal economic growth instead of downturn.

November’s consumer inflation reading marked the highest on-year rise since March 2024 but producer prices remained in negative territory.

China’s industrial profits fell for a second month in November, adding to signs that weakening domestic demand and persistent ...

BEIJING — When he bought an apartment near a good high school in northeast Beijing in 2020, Zhou Fujin expected that renting it out would cover most of his mortgage. But the apartment’s value and the ...

Inflation has eased gradually across the broad U.S. economy, and some areas of consumer spending, such as furniture and gasoline, have even deflated over the past year. Stream San Diego News for free, ...

The October-November readings for both the Consumer Price Index and the Everyday Price Index should be viewed as provisional ...

US markets reeled on Tuesday after January’s Consumer Price Index showed inflation came in hotter than expected, leaving investors to believe that interest rate cuts are off the table for the near ...

Explore how debt deflation increases real debt burdens during economic downturns and its potential spiral effects on the economy and borrowers.

China's consumer price index fell 0.5% in November from a year ago, the worst drop since the pandemic. But that's good news for the West, which could "import" some of that deflation back home, ...

After a historic run-up in inflation, Americans are now starting to see something they haven’t in three years: deflation. To be sure, deflation—that is, falling prices—is largely confined to ...

Over the past year and a half, inflation has fallen sharply — from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022 to 3.1% last month, as measured by the consumer price index. Of course, for consumers, many of whom say ...