bloomberg.com - 11/20/2008
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Bernanke May Find Deflation `Back on the Table' as Fed Concern By Steve Matthews Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Five years after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke helped stamp out the risk of deflation, the threat is returning as the financial crisis and a worsening economic slump pull inflation ...
newyorker.com - 11/24/2008
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Some are born radical. Some are made radical.
And some have radicalism thrust upon them. That is...
the way with Ben Bernanke, as he struggles to rescue the American financial system from collapse. Early every morning, weekends included, Bernanke arrives ...
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John Cassidy: Ben Bernanke and the financial crisis.
ft.com - 11/18/2008
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Would you believe that we shall actually have
significant deflation in the US next year? And the...
year after that? And flat consumer prices for the year following? That's happened only once in a developed country since the 1930s - when Japan recorded a ...
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FT.com / Companies / Financials - In a weird world, ...
lewrockwell.com - 11/17/2008
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Daily Dose of Deflation 20Nov2008
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Bloomberg: Bernanke May Find Deflation `Back on the Table’ as Fed Concern
“The Federal Reserve put deflation back on the table as a significant policy concern,” said Vincent Reinhart, former director of the Fed’s Division of Monetary Affairs. “There does not appear to be any barrier to lowering” main rate below the current 1 percent level.
Some policy makers saw a risk last month that the inflation rate will fall below their mandated goal of “price stability.” “Aggressive easing should reduce the odds of a deflationary outcome,” they said, ...
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The Mess That Greenspan Made —
TOP STORIES Weekly jobless claims surge to 16-year high - Reuters GM, Ford, Chrysler Depart From Congress Empty-Handed - Bloomberg GMAC applies for bank-holding status to access U.S. cash - MarketWatch After Losses, Pensions Ask For a Change - NY Times China PBOC Mulls Raising Gold Reserve By 4,000 Tons - Report - FXStreet Global deflation risk grows - Christian Science Monitor Financials need at least $1 trillion: analyst - Reuters MARKETS/INVESTING Oil falls toward $50 - CNN/Money Gold Rises in London as Slump in Stocks Increases Haven Appeal ...
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