After persistent inflation since 2021, falling prices in the U.S. are causing some to worry that the opposite will occur: Deflation, or declining prices. "The Fed's extreme policy actions of the COVID ...

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon predicted an end soon to the punishing inflation Americans have been seeing at the grocery store—good news for shoppers looking for a respite from their grocery bills, but ...

China's economic woes continue to mount, as CPI figures released Wednesday showing 0.3% deflation. Pork prices are a significant driver of the consumer price index, and have fallen 26% year-on-year.

While many countries in the post-pandemic era have been grappling with higher consumer prices, China is dealing with the opposite problem as policymakers struggle to revive demand both at home and ...

(Bloomberg) -- Some economists see China in danger of sliding into the same kind of multi-decade struggle against deflation and dismal growth that Japan suffered in the 1990s and 2000s. There are ...

BEIJING — China reported inflation data for July that pointed to a modest improvement from June. The consumer price index fell by 0.3% in July from a year ago, but was up by 0.2% when compared with ...

There is growing evidence that deflation is spreading around the globe. Deflation is when prices fall. Of course, this can be a good thing… who doesn’t like falling prices? But the problem is that if ...

About the author: William Pesek is a longtime Asia opinion writer, based in Tokyo. He is a former columnist for Barron’s and Bloomberg and the author of Japanization: What the World Can Learn from ...

The first salvo in the price wars came in March, when Ikea announced it was making much of its furniture cheaper after a reduction in the cost of raw materials. Then, McDonald’s announced it would ...