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July Fourth saw big crowds, congested highways and full airplanes as tens of millions of Americans celebrated not only the country’s independence but their own liberation from the pandemic. There were ...

Explore how deflation affects investment values, the shift toward cash preservation, and strategies that investors can use to navigate an economic downturn.

Annual inflation reached 3% in September, marking a six-month streak during which price increases accelerated. That means your living costs aren’t just rising, they’re rising faster as more tariff ...

President Donald Trump suggested that inflation is on the decline and might continue to decrease, but also expressed concerns about the possibility of deflation. On Monday, Trump, while speaking to ...

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 08: Fed Chairman Jerome Powell prepares to deliver remarks to the The Federal Reserve's Division of Research and Statistics Centennial Conference on November 08, 2023 in ...

The 2% inflation target was set arbitrarily decades ago and may no longer fit today's economic realities. Persistently aiming for 2% inflation is increasingly difficult due to higher liquidity, larger ...

Zach D. Berg ’28 is a History and Government concentrator in Adams House. Daniel Zhao ’28 is a Math and Computer Science concentrator in Adams House. Many economists agree that the only thing worse ...

New Delhi: Wholesale Price Inflation (WPI) fell to a 27-month low of (-) 1.21 per cent in October, led by a sharp deflation in food items like pulses and vegetables, and lower prices of fuel and ...

TOKYO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Japan needs to come up with a new economic strategy that suits the current situation where inflation, instead of deflation, has become a concern unlike the times of ...

BEIJING, Jan 9 (Reuters) - China's annual consumer price inflation accelerated to a 34-month high in December, but the full-year rate slumped to the lowest in 16 years while producer deflation ...

China’s consumer inflation picked up modestly in December, while factory-gate prices remained in contraction, capping another year marked by persistent deflationary pressures amid weak domestic demand ...