Shift in Chinese retailers’ strategy risks entrenching deflation
By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – A shift in Chinese retailers’ strategy toward lower-priced goods and services to win cost-conscious consumers risks embedding the country’s recent deflationary trends more…
As Japan emerges from deflation, banks get wake-up call on interest rate swing
By Makiko Yamazaki and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) – After decades of deflation, Japan’s economy looks poised to finally turn a corner. For its biggest banks, however, there’s a hitch: a generation…
China’s consumer prices stall, factory deflation persists
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s consumer prices faltered and factory-gate prices shrank slightly faster than expected in September, with both indicators showing persistent deflationary pressures in the world’s second-largest economy. The consumer price…
Japan’s economy minister says authorities must ensure end to deflation
By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is no longer in deflation but policymakers need to ensure prices do not slide back into contraction, economy minister Yoshitaka Shindo said…
Japan’s new economy minister sees positive signs emerging for end of deflation
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s new Economy Minister Yoshitaka Shindo said on Thursday that positive signs were emerging in output gaps and other areas for the economy to escape deflation.…
Japan at ‘inflection point’ in 25-year battle with deflation – govt
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan may be at an inflection point in its 25-year battle with deflation as price and wage rises show signs of broadening, the government said on…
China’s deflation a near-term positive for Western central banks – PIMCO
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) -Deflationary pressures in China could spill over into global markets, which is potentially near-term good news for Western central banks as they seek to curb inflation,…
China stats bureau sees no deflation risks, plays down property woes
BEIJING (Reuters) – There is no deflation in China and there will be no deflation in the future, a spokesman of China’s statistics bureau said on Tuesday. China’s economic recovery faces challenges,…
Marketmind: China deflation, U.S. inflation – both dent sentiment
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Lingering concern over China’s slide into deflation and caution ahead of U.S.…
Marketmind: China seen sliding into deflation
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. The first round of top-tier Chinese economic data this week was a…
Analysis-White-collar wage cuts in China fuel deflation risks, hurt consumption
By Ellen Zhang and Marius Zaharia BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Cola Yao earns 40% less than last year promoting credit cards for a Chinese state-owned bank, so she buys fewer clothes, less…
Brazil likely registered deflation in June, adding to rate cut case: Reuters Poll
By Gabriel Burin (Reuters) – Brazil likely registered mild deflation in June in monthly terms from lower fuel costs and cheaper foodstuffs, adding to the case for a potential start of a…
Marketmind: Wall St ‘bull’, China deflation
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan As S&P500 stocks clock their highest close of the year, marking a technical 20% ‘bull market’ from October’s…
Japan’s govt will vow to end deflation with bold monetary, flexible fiscal policy -draft
By Takaya Yamaguchi and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government will pledge to pull the economy out of deflation through bold monetary policy, flexible fiscal policy and a growth strategy, according…
Marketmind: Is China exporting deflation?
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Factory-gate prices stopped falling in China last month, but did not rise and in annual terms remain negative…
Falling online prices point to U.S. goods deflation continuing
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prices for online goods in the United States fell 1% in January compared to the year before, the fifth consecutive monthly drop, according to new data…
Marketmind: Crude deflation?
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. With everyone on Wall St seemingly hand wringing about stagflation next year, the price of crude oil has…
Ark’s Cathie Wood calls Fed hikes a mistake and preps for deflation
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Star stock picker Cathie Wood of Ark Invest cautioned that the Federal Reserve is making a mistake with its widely-expected interest rate hikes to bring…
Brazil posts deflation in August as fuel prices fall
By Peter Frontini SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian consumer prices decreased 0.36% in August, marking the second consecutive month of deflation as fuel prices dip, government statistics agency IBGE said on Friday.…
Student debt relief package could lead to deflation, U.S. official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A plan unveiled by the Biden administraton to forgive $10,000 in federal student debt and defer payments through year end could have a neutral impact on consumer prices or…
Analysis-Inflation, not deflation, is now Japan’s political hot potato as election looms
By Leika Kihara and Daniel Leussink TOKYO – The rising cost of living is turning into a thorny political issue ahead of Japan’s upper house election this weekend, as opposition parties peg…
ARK’s Cathie Wood keeps focus on deflation as fund slump continues
By David Randall NEW YORK – Slowing global economic growth will soon make deflation – rather than inflation – the greatest driver in financial markets, star stock picker Cathie Wood of Ark…
Japan price pressures mount as firms ditch ‘deflation’ model, says BOJ official
By Leika Kihara TOKYO -Japan may see inflationary pressure build as more companies shift away from a business model that worked under a prolonged period of deflation, Bank of Japan board member…
Russia records marginal weekly deflation ahead of rate-setting meeting
(Reuters) – Russia recorded its first weekly deflation for the first time since August 2021, data showed on Wednesday, a day before an extraordinary rate-setting meeting that the central bank plans to…
As costs spike in Japan, even businesses tailored to deflation lift prices
By Kantaro Komiya, Tetsushi Kajimoto and Daniel Leussink TOKYO – As war in Ukraine drives up already high input costs, even firms with business models fine-tuned to Japan’s deflationary economy are toying…
Japan PM Kishida wants new BOJ head to work towards ending deflation
TOKYO – Japan’s next central bank governor should be someone who understands the need to work with the government in beating deflation, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday. Markets are looking…
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