ukhousebubble.blogspot.com - 3/25/2009
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Today's inflation numbers were bad, although you wouldn't know it listening to any journalists. The headline consumer price index increased to 3.2 percent, up from 3 percent in January. So did the retail price index (excluding housing and indirect taxes). This second indicator is now running ...
VoxEU.org - 3/26/2009
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VoxEU.org —
Willem Buiter , 25 March 2009 The last
column in this series on fiscal aspects of central
banking reviews the differences in fiscal backing for the Bank of England, the US Federal Reserve, and the European Central Bank. Full Article: How much fiscal ...
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How much fiscal backing do the key central banks have?
VoxEU.org - 4/1/2009
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VoxEU.org —
César Molinas , 1 April 2009 Deflation risks
are more related to very low inter-temporal discount rates
than to falling prices. This column argues that long-term pre-emptive action should be channelled through taxation rather than central banks. ...
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Can inheritance taxes prevent deflation?
accruedint.blogspot.com - 3/18/2009
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accruedint.blogspot.com —
I expect the Federal Reserve to announce a
program to buy long-term U.S. Treasuries. If not at
today's meeting, then soon. Interestingly, most commentators I read don't expect the Fed to move in this direction, but to me it seems too easy not to do ...
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I suppose I could hot wire this thing...
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Yes, inflation will fall
Stumbling and Mumbling —
... that our problem is inflation, not deflation. I disagree. Insofar as we can be sure of anything in economic forecasting, inflation will fall. I say so for three reasons. ...
Everyone Gets Cockleburr Rations For Dinner
MaxedOutMama —
... and nations, so there is no comfortable distance here for me. I suppose I need to address Ken's questions about why Treasury just can't print more money and buy more Treasury bonds. He doesn't see a problem with the perpetual money motion machine. In the meantime, I would like to suggest a quick review of the UK Bubble's domestic coverage, which notes that gilt (their government bond) auctions are in trouble, the money supply is ballooning, and surprise, inflation, not deflation, is the result. Who'd a thunk? I would like to hope that I ...
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