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 ...

Inflation has caused plenty of angst at grocery stores, lumber yards and even concert venues over the past four years. Back in May of 2020, consumer prices were basically flat compared with a year ...

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 ...

Deflation is an economic phenomenon characterized by a general decline in prices for goods and services. Unlike inflation, ...

Inflation has cooled significantly in recent months — but you may still find yourself paying more at the grocery store or the doctor's office than before the pandemic. It's a big reason why people are ...

Predicting the course of inflation is one of the most important challenges facing monetary policymakers. Useful aids to such prediction are the measures of expected future inflation obtained from ...

Kurz vor Weihnachten füllen sich die Kinderzimmer wieder mit neuen Spielsachen. Was heute in großer Auswahl ...

The worsening global recession has heightened concerns that the United States and other economies could enter a sustained period of deflation, as did Japan in the 1990s and the United States during ...

Die Inflation ist in der Schweiz faktisch verschwunden. Im November verhinderten vor allem höhere Wohnungsmieten eine negative Jahresteuerung. Für die Nationalbank ergibt sich laut Ökonomen allerdings ...

Bonn (www.anleihencheck.de) - China wird diese Woche die Daten zu Inflation, Einzelhandelsumsätzen, Industrieproduktion und Investitionen in Sachanlagen für November veröffentlichen, so die Analysten ...