May 7 -- In the last six months, prices have been falling on a number of goods and services. While that sounds like good news for consumers, it could give the U.S. economy a problem that hasn't ...

Lower grocery prices may soon be coming for shoppers. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said Thursday that the US food industry may be heading into a period of deflation after three years of punishing price ...

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 — ...

While deflation may seem like a good thing, it can signal an impending recession and hard economic times. When people feel prices are headed down, they delay purchases in the hopes that they can buy ...

July’s data left no doubt: China is now clearly dealing with a deflation threat. Consumer and producer prices fell together for the first time since 2020, adding to concerns about the health of the ...

Whereas the U.S. continues to grapple with elevated prices, China is dealing with the opposite problem. In July, the world's second largest economy slipped into deflationary territory, with consumer ...

As price gains cool down, we consider the risk that the trend will go too far. Plus, is consumer sentiment a trustworthy indicator of economic activity? When a Democrat is in the White House, ...

The post-COVID inflationary surge was transitory, and Federal Reserve Chairman Powell's initial instincts of calling it so were correct. Both investors and consumers see through Powell's hawkishness, ...

“Inflation is tumbling, while employment is near a 50-year high.” - CBS 60 Minutes (Feb 4, 2024) “What I can say is that inflation has come down over the past year, and really sharply over the past ...

China’s economy is teetering on the brink of widespread deflation—a scenario that could cause even more problems than high inflation. We look at Japan’s “lost decade” to explain why China’s economy is ...

Tokenomics is at the heart of cryptocurrency functionality as it defines the internal dynamics or the monetary policies hard-baked into crypto projects’ code, explaining how the asset functions and ...