Deflation is the term economists use for a sustained period of dropping prices. Intuitively, it’s the opposite of inflation. Essentially, it’s a pattern of goods getting less expensive as ...

China aims to reduce overcapacity in EVs, solar, and e-commerce to boost profitability, attract investment, and ease US-China ...

Falling prices for electric cars and other signs of deflation have led China’s ruling party to challenge an economic mindset, ...

China's industrial profits continued to fall in June, data showed on Sunday, as entrenched producer deflation put more margin ...

The key issue, economists say, is boosting productivity, something that requires a change in government incentives.

T he United States is now in deflation.. That’s not a misprint. It may sound incongruous to the experience of shoppers who have last year’s, or pre-pandemic, prices as references, and to ...

China's hardened rhetoric against price wars among producers is raising expectations Beijing may be about to kick off ...

Those homemade tire deflation devices were built using cardboard, black tape, nails and screws, police said. They were found ...

Deflation, or a sustained period of falling prices, may sound like a good thing: Goods and services cost less, saving consumers money. But deflation prompts shoppers to put off purchases on the ...

Deflation makes the situation worse, inflation makes the situation less bad. These ‘directions of travel’ means inflation is highly likely. Will most people even notice 7% inflation a year?

There has been much discussion recently about the possibility of deflation in the global economy. Many Western economies are experiencing what we call “disinflation”, where the rate of ...