When he bought an apartment near a good high school in northeast Beijing in 2020, Zhou Fujin expected that renting it out ...

China's leaders are overseeing a spell of deflation, or falling prices, that contrasts with inflationary pressures prevailing ...

Residents play chess at a park in northeastern Beijing's Miyun district on Feb. 27, 2025. | Ng Han Guan/AP Deflation is an abstract economic concept but it reflects very concretely in Zhou’s ...

Falling prices tend to weaken demand, hurt growth and deter credit uptake—all of which can form a doom loop. Will Beijing’s ...

BEIJING (AP) — When he bought an apartment near a good high school in northeast Beijing in 2020, Zhou Fujin expected that renting it out would cover most of his mortgage. But the apartment's ...

China's leaders are overseeing a spell of deflation, or falling prices, that contrasts with inflationary pressures prevailing elsewhere in the world BEIJING -- When he bought an apartment near a ...

BEIJING (AP) — When he bought an apartment ... China is experiencing a spell of deflation, or falling prices, that contrasts with inflationary pressures prevailing elsewhere in the world.

Chinese consumers grappling with uncertainty about jobs and incomes are increasingly turning to discount stores. Read more at ...

Deflation is an abstract economic concept but it reflects very concretely in Zhou’s personal balance sheet, as it does for millions of others. Zhou’s apartment, in Beijing’s Miyun district ...