deflation

Thanksgiving Dinner Costs Less to Make This Year; Recovery or Not, Japan Deflation Concerns Mount

mish — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:15:01 -0500

Japan is off and running or so they say (for the nth time in 20 years). Yet inquiring minds will be quick to note Japan Deflation Concern Rises Even as Growth Quickens . read more »

Peas In The Deflationary Pod

mish — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:33:32 -0400

In the face of mounting job losses with the only real demand coming from cash for clunkers and other silly stimulus programs doomed to fail, it should not be surprising to anyone for retail sales to d read more »

Chicago Natural Resources Expo April 24-25

mish — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:30:18 -0400

Please join me at the Chicago Natural Resources Expo on April 24-25 for a discussion about gold, silver, hard assets, inflation, currencies (or whatever else is on your mind) and to meet with variou read more »

Consumer Prices Decline Slightly in March

Calculated Risk — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:07:00 -0400

From the BLS: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in March, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. read more »

Inflation or Deflation – Which Do We Have? (Part II)

Tom Fisher — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:53:01 -0400

Previously I discussed some of the differences between inflationary and deflationary economic environments. read more »

The Insanity of Yesteryear

Zach Ovall — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:45:09 -0400

We have become so accustomed to inflation that it is difficult to remember a past when prices were more expensive. Welcome to the age of deflation. read more »

GDP Revision: Q4 GDP Declined at 6.2%

Calculated Risk — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:45:00 -0500

From the WSJ: GDP Shrank 6.2% in 4th Quarter, Deeper Than First Thought The U.S. read more »

Can Tax Cuts Deepen The Recession?

mish — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:20:00 -0500

In one of the more ridiculous Keynesian theories to date, Gauti B. Eggertsson at the New York Fed comes to the conclusion Tax Cuts Will Deepen The Recession . read more »

Exports Plunge In China, Japan, South Korea

mish — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:23:00 -0500

Global contractions are very rare. However, it's increasingly clear we are going to have one. read more »

No Deflationary Spiral Forthcoming

rich — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:08:38 -0500

Over at VoiceofSanDiego.org I've put up a two-parter explaining why I believe a protracted period of deflation is an exceedingly unlikely outcome. read more »