VoxEU.org - 2/11/2009
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Inflation refers to a sustained increase in the general price level in an economy. It is not an instantaneous shock limited to the prices of certain goods. It is a persistent and general process . Inflation is fuelled by expectations when workers and companies expect prices to rise, they adjust ...
VoxEU.org - 2/11/2009
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VoxEU.org —
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 ...
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Deflation or disinflation?
creditwritedowns.com - 2/4/2009
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creditwritedowns.com —
Goldman Sachs London conducted a poll of fund
managers today that had interesting results. The poll demonstrated...
that fund managers are expecting deflation more than inflation and that they expect the U.S. or Asia to escape the downturn first (and ...
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Goldman says fund managers expect deflation
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/11/2009
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com —
Brad DeLong calls my attention to an off-point
comment by Greg Mankiw; I worry about deflation in...
a couple of years, Greg responds by saying that we're not there yet. Huh? It's like all the people who said that we couldn't have a recession because ...
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Deflation risks, again
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Links 2/11/09
naked capitalism —
... the Power Lunch, the Check Is Kryptonite New York Times Capture and the Financial Crisis: An Elephant forcing a rethink of Corruption? Governance Matters (hat tip reader Juan) About Bailout Nation . . . Barry Ritholtz. McGraw Hill cancelled the book (and presumably is trying to get the advance back) because Barry had the temerity to say bad things about rating agencies, which of course includes McGraw Hill sub S&P.; I would be livid. Deflation or disinflation? Robert Ophèle VoxEU Transcript of Conversation between Geithner and ...
Wednesday morning links
The Mess That Greenspan Made —
TOP STORIES Congress, White House seek final deal on stimulus - Reuters Geithner Leaves Questions, Markets Make Him Pay - Bloomberg Geithner Plan Smackdown Wrap - Naked Captilism China Needs U.S. Guarantees for Treasuries, Yu Says - Bloomberg About Bailout Nation . . . - The Big Pcture $3 trillion! — Senate, Fed, Treasury attack crisis - Bloomberg GM Slashing 10,000 Jobs - Washington Post The Financial Crisis Blame Game - Time MARKETS/INVESTING Gold up 1 pct as investors seek haven from risk - Reuters Crude ...
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FT Alphaville —
Elsewhere on Thursday, - Live-blogging the bankers’ showdown on Capitol Hill. - Politicans bite the hands that feed them. - Charlie Gasprino has some more questions for the bankers. -‘Big Paulie’ Volcker’s advice to Timmy Geithner . - Maureen on the trillion-dollar baby . - Top seven attention-hungry doomsayers . - Is the end of OPEC at hand? - At HBOS, no one who mattered saw much of a problem. - Munger on reform, pain and leveraged speculation . - Morgan Stanley’s new deal-maker. - Deflation risks , again . - Or should we be talking about: ...
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