China's annual consumer price inflation accelerated to a 34-month high in December, but the full-year rate slumped to the ...

China's consumer price index inflation rose 0.8% year-on-year in December to a 34-month high, bringing the full-year CPI to 0 ...

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

Everyone’s heard about inflation and how everything’s becoming unaffordable — but few are aware of “deflation” and its equally negative impact on our finances. According to experts, deflation — ...

John Makin, writing for conservative-leaning think tank the American Enterprise Institute, warned on Monday that "Now is the time to preempt deflation." Conservatives are usually inflation hawks. So, ...

Wobbling commercial property values a correction of lofty stock valuations would drag prices lower. Inflation accelerated 3.3% on an annual basis in July, well-below the pace of inflation recorded ...

Deflation could become a headwind for stocks, Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson warned. That's because falling prices takes away firms' pricing power, which hurts earnings. "[T]his is a slippery slope for ...

Historically, there has been a direct correlation between higher scarcity and higher prices. For example, over the past six ...

Many economists are worried about high inflation over the next few years. This is based on a misdiagnosis of the current economic crisis. Although the recession officially began in December 2007, ...

In the years after WWI, the German mark largely vanished from circulation…in Germany. Was this “deflation”? Actually, quite the opposite. The value of the mark had declined to something south of four ...

The talk about the economy in recent weeks has been somewhat deflating. There's the ongoing crisis in Europe, disappointing jobs numbers, a falling stock market—and the prospect of deflation itself.