By Ellen Zhang and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese economists urged local governments to focus on consumption to support ...

China's top leadership has recently pledged to curb "involutionary" competition amid intense price wars in the country.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has called for tighter pricing regulation in the electric car sector as Beijing sought to rein in ...

From coffee to cars to real estate, there's a recurring pattern in China — companies rush into an industry, then resort to ...

SINGAPORE—Inflation in China retreated sharply, reigniting concerns over deflation even as its economy starts to feel the benefit of a manufacturing-led revival that is fueling trade tensions ...

Industry group president, in interview with Post, calls for talks to address issues beyond tariffs, export controls.

A deflationary spiral in China would have the opposite effect. If Chinese consumers believe prices may keep falling, they could delay major purchases in the expectation of better deals in the future.

China’s industrial profits soared in November, ... year-ago comparisons and a raft of stimulus measures aimed at reinvigorating an economy that has struggled with deflationary concerns. ...

Hong Kong (CNN)The Chinese economy has slipped into deflation, with consumer prices falling for the first time in more than two years in another sign of weakening demand. The consumer price index ...

China’s deflation was driven by falling prices in its manufacturing sector last year, fresh data showed on Thursday, adding to the risk of trade tensions with the US and Europe amid a major ramp ...

As much of the world battles inflation, China’s policy makers are trying to beat back a specter that may be more worrying: deflation. Should China slip into a deflationary spiral like that of ...

China is the first G20 economy to report a year-on-year decline in consumer prices since Japan’s last negative headline CPI reading in August 2021 and the weakness adds to concerns about the hit ...