Prices falling across the economy can sound like a welcome break for strained budgets, but a sustained drop in what you pay for goods and services can quietly undermine your job security, your savings ...

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While China has relied on exports of low-cost goods to boost headline growth, the world’s second-biggest economy has been ...

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During his Nov. 13 visit to Tokyo, U.S. President Barack Obama emphasized that Japan, as the world’s second largest economy, has a special role in the global marketplace. One week later, it’s becoming ...

BEIJING — When he bought an apartment near a good high school in northeast Beijing in 2020, Zhou Fujin expected that renting it out would cover most of his mortgage. But the apartment’s value and the ...

China’s consumer-price growth accelerated to the fastest in over a year as food costs rose sharply higher, an improvement that’s failing to allay fears about the depth of deflation across large ...

BEIJING, March 10 (Reuters) - China fell into deflation at the consumer level last month for the first time in more than six years, as ministers painted a gloomy picture of the economy's near-term ...