TOKYO, March 7 (Reuters) - Japan has cleared the key threshold for the government to officially declare an end to long-term price deflation, economy minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Friday.

TOKYO – Japan has cleared the key threshold for the government to officially declare an end to long-term price deflation, Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa said on March 7. The remark highlights ...

BEIJING (AP) — 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 ...

Indonesia recorded its first annual deflation in more than two decades as electricity tariffs and prices of some staple foods fell, potentially giving room for the central bank to weigh a rate cut ...

The consumer price index fell 0.09 per cent year-on-year last month, the first annual measure of deflation since March 2000, and well below market expectations for 0.60 per cent inflation.

Shop prices have remained in a state of deflation in February, but there are warnings that inflation can rise due to recent price hikes, geopolitical tensions, and the £7bn in added retail costs.

China's leaders are overseeing a spell of deflation, or falling prices, that contrasts with inflationary pressures prevailing elsewhere in the world BEIJING -- When he bought an apartment near a ...

China is experiencing a spell of deflation, or falling prices, that contrasts with inflationary pressures prevailing elsewhere in the world. Cheaper prices can be a blessing for some, but ...

China is experiencing a spell of deflation, or falling prices, that contrasts with inflationary pressures prevailing elsewhere in the world. Cheaper prices can be a blessing for some, but ...

But China needs to grow faster than its potential rate for a spell, in order to mobilise idle capacity and dispel deflation. Mr Li will also reveal a target for this year’s headline budget deficit.

Haruhiko Kuroda, the Bank of Japan boss for a decade until 2023, was one such figure who last week declared that Japan “has completely exited deflation.” Having presided over a decade of ...