Prices falling across the economy can sound like a welcome break for strained budgets, but a sustained drop in what you pay ...

Inflation versus deflation? Bull market versus bear market? The economy is confusing enough for the average person without all the jargon. While most Americans just want to know how much a carton of ...

The Goldilocks recovery in financial markets led by the Tech sector may not endure, and the focus should be on what comes next. The options for the future include deflation, stagflation, or a crack-up ...

Inflation has been cooling for several months, but markets and the economy would suffer if sharp deflation sets in. Deflation can eat away at company earnings and margins, which would drive stock ...

"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.

The mainstream financial media never talks about the fact that inflation – which is the big enemy today of the bond market – is still better than deflation. Deflation is a truly ugly condition, and ...

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 ...

Over the past year and a half, inflation has fallen sharply — from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022 to 3.1% last month, as measured by the consumer price index. Of course, for consumers, many of whom say ...

In the years after WWI, the German mark largely vanished from circulation…in Germany. Was this “deflation”? Actually, quite the opposite. The value of the mark had declined to something south of four ...

November’s consumer inflation reading marked the highest on-year rise since March 2024 but producer prices remained in negative territory.