Deflation is often misunderstood as a positive economic phenomenon due to the immediate benefit of lower prices for consumers. However, it represents a prolonged decline in the general price level of ...
AI is both a headwind and tailwind for Accenture, driving cost deflation but also compressing contract values and growth prospects. Accenture's organic revenue growth is forecasted below 3% through ...
The push by Pinduoduo to lower prices has helped it become one of China’s fastest-growing e-commerce apps, and epitomizes a broader force plaguing the economy. By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Claire Fu ...
China’s factory deflation eased for the first time in six months even as consumer prices slipped below zero again, leaving open the question of whether the government will make a lasting difference ...
Living in China is getting cheaper. Because rents in my neighborhood in central Beijing are dropping, my wife and I pressed our landlord to reduce ours by $140 a month in a new lease that we signed ...