The deflationary processes have greatly benefited households and businesses under the current fiat dollar standard in recent ...

Discover how deflation increases purchasing power yet risks higher unemployment and debt defaults. Learn its impact on consumers and the broader economy.

July Fourth saw big crowds, congested highways and full airplanes as tens of millions of Americans celebrated not only the country’s independence but their own liberation from the pandemic. There were ...

Unless Beijing introduces more forceful policies, consumers could get locked into a mindset that is ‘nearly impossible to ...

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

"So can we make America affordable again, in the sense of getting prices back to what they were before the pandemic? Almost surely not," Krugman wrote.

China is grappling with deflation. The U.S. and Japan, meanwhile, are struggling to keep 3%-range inflation from becoming the ...

Republicans have good reason to worry about their prospects in the 2026 midterm elections after a string of recent defeats.

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 ...

The economy faces two potential outcomes: deflation or stagflation, driven by tariffs and global trade disruptions, each with severe consequences. Deflation could occur first, causing economic ...

According to the report, price inflation, as measured by the CPI slowed in November, both year over year, and from September ...