Deflation, contrary to inflation, is when prices fall for certain goods and services. Deflation tends not to occur across the overall U.S. economy outside of recessions. However, consumer prices have ...

The inflation rate has throttled back significantly from its pandemic-era highs. Some areas of the U.S. economy have experienced deflation. Their prices have declined. They include prices for physical ...

As inflation has throttled back from pandemic-era highs, consumers have seen prices decline outright for many household items. This dynamic, known as deflation, generally doesn't occur on a broad, ...

Inflation is higher than policymakers would like across the broad U.S. economy. Yet, there are many sectors seeing the opposite dynamic: deflation. Deflation means prices are declining for consumers.