usatoday.com - 12/5/2008
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Consumer prices in October fell at the fastest pace in more than 60 years, sucked down by the rapidly deteriorating economy. The prices of oil, food, cars, clothing and electronics have all plunged. Home prices continue to swoon and so do stock prices. As the early reports from the holiday ...
The Problem Is the Crash of the Housing Bubble: Not Deflation
prospect.org 11/1/2008 — Suppose computer prices are the same this year as last year. Is that a problem? Most people (including economists) would say no. Now, suppose that the computers you can buy this year cost the same as the computers you bought last year, but they are ...
Embrace Deflation - It's The Cure, Not The Problem
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com 6/28/2009 — Concern over Japanese deflation is increasing. Please consider Japan Succumbs to Deflation as Consumer Prices Fall Record 1.1% . Japan’s consumer prices fell at a record pace in May, adding to the risk that deflation will become entrenched and hamper ...
Deflation?
economistsview.typepad.com 4/16/2009 — With the decline in consumer prices today, people are beginning to talk about
the risk of deflation once again, though it doesn't appear there's much worry
since the decline was driven mainly by energy prices:
For the first time in over a half ...
Deflation Worries
gregmankiw.blogspot.com 11/21/2008 — From Google Trends , here is a graph of the i nternet search volume for the word "deflation." Note the sizable spike of late. Presumably, this is not because motorists are suddenly worried about their tires running out of air.
DEFLATION ?
angrybear.blogspot.com 3/22/2009 — By Spencer, Did you know that over the last six months the compound growth of the total CPI was -5.0%. Of course that is up from January when it was - 5.8%. You have to go back to 1948 to find actual deflation like this, when it bottomed at -4.2%.. ...
Deflation Has Gone Global
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com 4/17/2009 — Deflation properly defined is a net decrease in the money supply and credit, with credit being marked to market. Deflation by that measure went global long ago. This post however, is in reference to sustained price drops widely (and incorrectly) ...
THE DEFLATION BATTLE RAGES ON
capitalspectator.com 1/16/2009 — For the first time since 1955, the consumer price index fell on a year-over-year basis. Last month's seasonally adjusted CPI slipped 0.1% for the 12 months through December, the Labor Department reports. On a monthly basis, the decline in CPI is more ...
Deflation or disinflation?
VoxEU.org 2/11/2009 — Robert Ophèle , 11 February 2009 The recent rapid fall in inflation, amidst a financial crisis and a very sharp economic slowdown, has raised the spectre of deflation. But, this column argues, current dynamics in France and the euro area are actually ...
"Deflation has become inevitable"
nakedcapitalism.com 12/15/2008 — I'm reproducing the bulk of a very good (and possibly final) post by London Banker, a former central banker and securities regulator, that takes issue with some of the conventional wisdom surrounding the efforts to remedy our economic crisis via ...
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