China is pivoting away from consumer subsidy efforts and toward combating deflation and price wars. Beijing had earlier vowed ...

China's top leaders have pledged to support an economy that is facing various risks, by managing what is viewed as disorderly ...

But low prices in China’s supply chains are also the inevitable consequence of aggressive competition in traditional ...

Russia's consumer price index fell by 0.05% in the latest week, the state statistical agency said on Wednesday, marking a ...

China’s economy grew at a faster-than-expected rate in the second quarter, keeping the country on track to meet its full-year target of 5% and easing some pressure on policymakers to step up stimulus ...

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

In what is likely to be the final negative inflation print in this spell, the prices in the Colombo district declined 0.3 percent from the same period a year ago. ..

Continuous inflation or deflation left unchecked can wound the economy. While deflation can drive down prices, which is good, profits and wages may also suffer and repaying debt becomes expensive.

Deflation Is Here A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, D.C., July 7, 2022. (Sarah Silbiger/Reuters) ...

Deflation, on the other hand, describes actual decreases in prices, not a decrease in the rate that inflation is rising. With 2% deflation, a good that used to cost $10 now costs $9.80.