Deflation

...Anelka took aim, there appeared little on. Cue a brutal deflection off Sean St Ledger, a ricochet off the post and the sense of deflation that always comes with the away goal on these occasions. Ireland will draw inspiration from the...

In this article: France, Republic of Ireland, Nicolas Anelka, Giovanni Trapattoni, Damien Duff, Patrick Vieira, Raymond Domenech, and 1998 World Cup

It reached 284 basis points in March. Fitch added yesterday that Ireland's membership of the euro area and its open economy mitigate the risk of deflation becoming entrenched over the medium term. It expects the economy will resume a...

In this article: Fitch, Ireland, Recession, Government, Revenue, Standard & Poor's, and European Union

Ireland plunges deeper into deflation Navigation - link to other main sections from here Ireland sunk further into deflation in June as the cost of living fell at the fastest rate since the Great Depression, raising the prospect of a...

In this article: Ireland, Cost of living, Recession, and Inflation

...standards for years to come, can I expect a slow return to that former Ireland? I was wondering whether, as the country is experiencing a period of sustained deflation, we hard-pressed drivers can now expect a reduction in toll-road fees?

In this article: Ireland

...Ireland is stuck with the super-dear euro. Ireland's recession, deflation and budgetary deterioration resemble the Baltics' agony because like them Ireland is locked into a fixed exchange rate. "At least we are not Iceland" is the Irish...

In this article: Ireland, Recession, Europe, EU, Lisbon, Ireland, and Iceland

...it is very difficult to get the medicine just right. A few months ago, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman warned that Ireland's economy could suffer a "long, slow grinding deflation". That would mean a protracted period of painful...

In this article: Cost of living, Goods and services, Inflation, Ireland, Tax, Economists, and Paul Krugman

...biggest drop since 1933 Ireland is suffering the heaviest rate of deflation since 1933 as prices have fallen 5.4 percent over the past year, the government's Central Statistics Office reported this week. The average cost of goods and...

In this article: Ireland, Department of Finance, Recession, Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Unemployment, Beijing, and China

...impeding recovery. Price deflation reached 6.5pc September, steeper than during the Great Depression, raising concerns that Ireland is now in a classic debt deflation trap as described by the US economist Irving Fisher. The average Irish...

In this article: Ireland, Fitch, Tax, Unemployment, Inflation, Irving Fisher, International Monetary Fund, and EU

...the downturn and manage the highest household debt burden in history. Britain would now be facing the sort of debt-deflation spiral under way in Ireland and Spain. By keeping its freedom of action, Britain has been able to launch...

In this article: Britain, Bank of England, Northern Rock, Club Med, Lehman Brothers, AIG, Gordon Brown, Frankfurt, and London