Prices falling across the economy can sound like a welcome break for strained budgets, but a sustained drop in what you pay for goods and services can quietly undermine your job security, your savings ...

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.

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

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 ...

"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’s consumer-price growth accelerated to the fastest in over a year as food costs rose sharply higher, an improvement that’s failing to allay fears about the depth of deflation across large ...

Although they may sound the same, deflation should not be confused with disinflation. Deflation occurs when the inflation ...

Explore how debt deflation increases real debt burdens during economic downturns and its potential spiral effects on the economy and borrowers.