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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 brought an increase in overall inflation that hadn’t been seen in decades — higher demand and lower supply (combined with supply chain issues) all ...

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 ...

The October-November readings for both the Consumer Price Index and the Everyday Price Index should be viewed as provisional ...

As sky-high inflation may finally be coming down for many major economies, falling prices and lacklustre growth in China are stoking fears of a deflationary spiral. From our morning news briefing to a ...

To make sense of today's most perplexing economic debate -- whether we're flirting with inflation or deflation -- it's worth recalling what happened after World War II. Under intense political ...

Deflation rather than inflation could be the biggest surprise for Wall Street over the next year. Inflation has been cooling since June, and Fundstrat's Tom Lee noted that 59% of CPI components are ...

India is refining its Consumer Price Index (CPI) methodology and adjusting monetary policy mandates to target retail ...

India is preparing to rejig methodology for computing CPI and revamp monetary policy mandate for targeting retail inflation ...