Deflation

Deflation returns to the Japanese economy Japan's government is less upbeat than its central bank Deflation has returned to the Japanese economy for the first time since 2006, the government has warned. The Cabinet Office said the...

In this article: Japan, Recession, and Unemployment

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Japan has officially plunged back into a state of deflation, condemning its struggling companies to a purgatory of falling prices and setting up a potentially explosive collision between...

In this article: Bank of Japan, Japan, Purgatory, Recession, Democratic Party of Japan, Central Bank, and Asia

...[ID:nECONJP]) * BOJ upgrades view on economy, keeps rates at 0.1 pct * Says to keep very easy monetary conditions * Govt says Japan in deflation; 1st announcement since 2006 * Shirakawa says weak demand behind deflation (Adds...

In this article: Masaaki Shirakawa, Recession, and Japan

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's government highlighted the danger of deflation for the first time in three years Friday, warning that falling prices and a further worsening of the labor market could drag on the weak recovery. Meanwhile, the...

In this article: Japan, Credit Suisse, Tokyo, and U.S.

...[ID:nECONJP]) National Strategy Minister Naoto Kan said on Friday the government wants the Bank of Japan's cooperation in fighting deflation. "We want the BOJ to extend support on the monetary policy front in overcoming deflation," Kan,...

In this article: Bank of Japan and Recession

...said. The government said from March 2001 to June 2006 that the world's No.2 economy was in deflation, but it did not declare that deflation was beaten given the risk of continuous price falls. The BOJ has forecast three years of core...

In this article: Bank of Japan, Japan, Recession, and Masaaki Shirakawa

...click [ID:nECONJP]) * BOJ to keep rates at 0.1 pct, keep economic recovery view * Upbeat view may draw fire as govt frets over deflation * Kan: Govt will tell BOJ it thinks Japan is in deflation * Rate announcement expected...

In this article: Bank of Japan, Japan, Capital expenditure, Recession, Masaaki Shirakawa, and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

...inflation for factory goods in the US fell to minus 0.6pc in October from a year earlier, edging the country closer towards Japanese-style deflation despite massive monetary stimulus. Factory gate inflation typically leads consumer prices...

In this article: Inflation, US, The Fed, Unemployment, and CNBC