For a century, economists have taught us to fear falling prices. But the deflation phobia stems from a misreading of the ...

Explore the surprising benefits of deflation as seen in Switzerland, and understand when falling prices can signal economic growth instead of downturn.

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 — ...

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 ...

Wobbling commercial property values a correction of lofty stock valuations would drag prices lower. Inflation accelerated 3.3% on an annual basis in July, well-below the pace of inflation recorded ...

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 ...

This article is part of a package on concerns about inflation and deflation. To read the other article, see Inflation or Deflation: Which Economic Risk Is Greater? On Monday, we discussed how you ...

Deflation could become a headwind for stocks, Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson warned. That's because falling prices takes away firms' pricing power, which hurts earnings. "[T]his is a slippery slope for ...

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 ...

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 ...