Deflation
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Strong yen weighs on Japanese exportersBut Tokyo market players said a host of domestic factors, including economic uncertainty amid renewed talk of deflation and the sense that government initiative on this is lacking, were keeping Japanese shares under pressure. In this article: Sony Corp, Deflation, Canon, Tokyo, Sharp, Fast Retailing, SoftBank, and Recession |
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Centre Daily Times | November 04, 2009
Earnings cheer boosts European stocks ahead of Fed
...Bernanke's strategy is one that favors taking risks with inflation rather than taking risks of falling into a trap (of deflation) that he has written a treatise on how to avoid," said Mellor, referring to Bernanke's past research as an...
In this article: Bank of England, Ben Bernanke, The Fed, Adidas AG, China, and Recession
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Seeking Alpha | November 15, 2009
Is the Bernanke Doctrine a Disaster?
...of the Federal Reserve to prevent deflation. Mr. Ben S. Bernanke has outlined several formulas to prevent deflation in the speech in 2002 which I wish to discuss in this article. The first formula, in Mr. Bernanke's own words, is...
In this article: Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve System, United States, Barack Obama, Goods and services, Recession, Inflation, and Timothy Geithner
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Seeking Alpha | October 28, 2009
A Tale of Two Inflations: How We Arrived at Today's Economy
...inflation. Bernanke devoted his life to studying the role of credit in monetary policy and the hazards of deflation and credit collapse, and he famously concluded that we have the technology to prevent "it" from happening here. We are...
In this article: Inflation, Asset price inflation, Ben Bernanke, Normative, Unemployment, Balance sheet, Recession, Distribution of wealth, and Currency crisis
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Seeking Alpha | November 15, 2009
Global Markets in Review: Stocks Still in Rally Mode, For Now
...Fed Chairman, Ben Bernanke, is convinced he knows the secret of avoiding hard times. The Fed can halt deflation and turn the picture into asset inflation. All it takes, thinks Bernanke, is zero interest rates and the creation of trillions of...
In this article: Ben Bernanke, S&P 500, The Fed, Wal-Mart, U.S., Inflation, Dow Jones Industrial Index, Europe, and Bespoke
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Seeking Alpha | October 22, 2009
Qualitative vs. Quantitative Easing: The $1.25 Trillion Question
...2009 In January, Ben Bernanke gave a very important speech at the London School of Economics where he laid out the Federal Reserve's strategy in fighting the forces of deflation and market illiquidity (see post with videos here). His was a...
In this article: The Fed, Balance sheet, Ben Bernanke, Recession, Inflation, London School of Economics, and Stanford University
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In economics, deflation is a sustained decrease in the general price level of goods and services. Deflation occurs when the annual inflation rate falls below zero percent, resulting in an increase in the real value of money — a negative inflation rate. This should not be confused with disinflation, a slow-down in the inflation rate (i.e. when the inflation decreases, but still remains positive). Inflation reduces the real value of money over time, conversely, deflation increases the real value of money.
Currently, mainstream economists generally believe that deflation is a problem in a modern economy because of the danger of a deflationary spiral. Deflation is also linked with recessions and with the Great Depression. Additionally, deflation also prevents monetary policy from stabilizing the economy because of a mechanism called the liquidity trap. However, historically not all episodes of deflation correspond with periods of poor economic growth.
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