Inflation has eased gradually across the broad U.S. economy, and some areas of consumer spending, such as furniture and gasoline, have even deflated over the past year. Stream Los Angeles News for ...

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 ...

After encountering rapid price increases for more than two years, discounts at some stores would certainly feel like a much-needed respite. But business leaders, economists and investment moguls ...

China’s deflation was driven by falling prices in its manufacturing sector last year, fresh data showed on Thursday, adding to the risk of trade tensions with the US and Europe amid a major ramp-up in ...

After grappling with high inflation for more than two years, American consumers are now seeing an economic trend that many might only dimly remember: falling prices — but only on certain types of ...

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 ...

With the Fed's hiking cycle likely to have ended, the bullish case for gold is clear and well-documented. However, while banking sector instability has led to lower rate expectations, it has also led ...

JAKARTA, March 3 (Reuters) - Indonesia's consumer price index fell for the first time in more than two decades in February, official data showed on Monday, after the government gave a substantial ...

HONG KONG—China slipped back into deflation in October after a brief reprieve, highlighting how hard it is for Beijing to reinvigorate domestic demand in the world’s second-largest economy. In ...

China's economy risks falling into a vicious cycle of debt and deflation, said economist Shang-Jin Wei. To avoid that, the central bank could launch an aggressive bond-buying campaign, he wrote in ...

TOKYO—The Japanese economy hasn’t completely overcome deflation yet, although there are some positive developments such as wage growth and increasing capital spending, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki ...