Inflation happens when prices rise and purchasing power falls, while deflation occurs when prices drop and purchasing power increases. Both can strain an economy if they move too far in either ...

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

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 impacts national debt, from rising real debt values to reduced spending and increased interest rates ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The markets have recouped most of their losses, with the SPX now down a modest 0.03%. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon believes the risks around the threat of both inflation and deflation have yet to surface ...

China’s inflation rate year-over-year rose to 0.2% from the previous -0.3%, marking a 0.5 percentage point increase. This shift from deflation to inflation indicates a positive change in price levels.

China's annual consumer price inflation accelerated to a 34-month high in December, but the full-year rate slumped to the ...