Deflation News
A local backlash against China’s K visa reveals cracks in China’s tech-driven growth dream
China’s new K visa was designed to attract global tech talent but was also badly timed. With its property sector still in crisis and domestic job prospects thinning out, the scheme had been flayed by Chinese job-seekers.
3 min read14 Oct 2025Wholesale inflation turns negative, hits 21-month low in June
A decline in prices of food, non-food manufacturing, fuel and power segments contributes to the dip in the wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation.
2 min read14 Jul 2025Mint Quick Edit | Is China’s deflation signalling stagnation?
Producer prices dropped sharply in June; China could slip back into deflation at the retail level too. Amid trade turmoil, its economy faces a rough ride. Let’s keep watch and look for opportunities.
1 min read10 Jul 2025Mint Quick Edit | Deflation is bad news for China’s economy
Falling prices tend to weaken demand, hurt growth and deter credit uptake—all of which can form a doom loop. Will Beijing’s fiscal stimulus fend off that threat? Factory cutbacks may be needed too.
1 min read11 Mar 2025A Third of UK Prices Basket Is in Deflation, Analysis Finds
A third of Britain’s official “shopping basket” has slipped into deflation, providing another green light for the Bank of England to cut interest rates.
3 min read6 Nov 2024Popular Topics
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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
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