“Seasoned mutual-fund investors are more likely to fear inflation than they are deflation,” writes Karen Damato and Theo Francis in today’s The Wall Street Journal. “But amid the current economic ...

Deflation is an economic phenomenon characterized by a general decline in prices for goods and services. Unlike inflation, where prices rise, deflation can lead to a decrease in consumer spending as ...

Most professors do not think the repeal of the grade deflation policy will have a marked effect on their grading, according to close to 50 interviews conducted by The Daily Princetonian in the days ...

If you can eat it, bend it or pour it in your car's tank, it's getting more expensive. Prices of the world's most important commodities, from corn to copper to crude oil, have soared to levels last ...

After the University released its recent report recommending plans to combat grade inflation, professors, students and advisers are debating the effects and merits of such an effort. "I worry a little ...

China is likely to stick to its current annual economic growth target of around 5% next year, government advisers and ...

New York (CNN) — US markets reeled on Tuesday after January’s Consumer Price Index showed inflation came in hotter than expected, leaving investors to believe that interest rate cuts are off the table ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Many parts of the tax code are indexed for inflation, and that usually means an annual increase in such figures as the amount you ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Officials from the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank on Sunday vowed to fight the damaging effects of deflation as the global economy suffers a deep and lengthy ...