Deflation is often misunderstood as a positive economic phenomenon due to the immediate benefit of lower prices for consumers. However, it represents a prolonged decline in the general price level of ...

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

Living in China is getting cheaper. Because rents in my neighborhood in central Beijing are dropping, my wife and I pressed our landlord to reduce ours by $140 a month in a new lease that we signed ...

China’s factory deflation eased for the first time in six months even as consumer prices slipped below zero again, leaving open the question of whether the government will make a lasting difference ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Deflationary pressures persisted in China, with both consumer and producer prices falling in September, supporting the case for more policy measures as a prolonged property market ...