Why world deflation is remote

ARTICLE - Samuel Brittan of the Financial Times explains why enough has probably been done to prevent recession spiralling out of control.

First published in the London edition of the Financial Times, 22 November.

If there are two imperfect sciences, they are geopolitics and macroeconomics. Yet since the outrage of September 11, any realistic discussion of the outlook has had to combine elements of both.

Let me first cite the latest Global Economics Weekly issued by Credit Suisse First Boston:

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