The central bank penciled in two rate cuts for 2025, but President Trump’s sweeping agenda has injected “remarkably high” ...

Deflation is a problem because it gives people little incentive to spend right now, in expectation of lower prices. This tends to drag down consumption, which is an important component of economic ...

While inflation is bad, deflation is worse. Prices increase more readily than they decrease – the same unfortunately holds true for unemployment rates. Furthermore, due to the extent to which ...

Agricultural produce prices led the decrease, with the “Vegetables, Tubers, Plantains, Cooking bananas and Pulses” category ...

Deflation is a ticklish issue for China's leaders, who began cutting interest rates and required mortgage down-payments last fall. They have launched programs to get local governments to buy ...

Deflation is a ticklish issue for China’s leaders, who began cutting interest rates and required mortgage down-payments last fall. They have launched programs to get local governments to buy ...

Indonesia recorded its first annual deflation in more than two decades as electricity tariffs and prices of some staple foods fell, potentially giving room for the central bank to weigh a rate cut ...