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 ...

Discover how deflation increases purchasing power yet risks higher unemployment and debt defaults. Learn its impact on consumers and the broader economy.

The economy faces two potential outcomes: deflation or stagflation, driven by tariffs and global trade disruptions, each with severe consequences. Deflation could occur first, causing economic ...

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 ...

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

When Russian peasants set fire to hundreds of buildings in Moscow in 1648, the acute cause was a sharp rise in the price of salt. When they rioted again 12 years later, it was to protest a government ...

The probability of the U.S. seeing deflation resulting from tariffs is much greater than markets are currently pricing in. While inflation remains the most likely result from tariffs, investors should ...

Millions of Americans are frustrated that their dollars aren’t going as far as they once did at the supermarket, on rent or on car insurance. Judy Shelton, a controversial economist who has been ...

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 ...

Explore how debt deflation increases real debt burdens during economic downturns and its potential spiral effects on the economy and borrowers.