Deflation
US disinflation more likely than inflation: Fed’s Rosengren
Boston Federal Reserve’s Eric Rosengren sees inflation risks to the downside
Foreign demand for currencies and the Friedman rule
A new paper from two economists at Columbia University finds that the Friedman rule ceases to be Ramsey-optimal when foreign demand is taken into consideration
Raise inflation target to avoid slump – IMF report
International Monetary Fund study looks at how monetary policy can help hold off a protracted deflationary and economic slump when policy rates are near zero
Japanese wages plunge in June
Record fall in pay adds to fears of deflationary spiral in world's second-largest economy
Fed declares victory on deflation risks
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday signalled that it no longer believes a serious threat of deflation exists.
RBI's Subbarao dismisses deflation worries
The governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has dismissed fears that the country's economy could suffer a prolonged bout of falling prices, saying that there was "no concern of deflation."
ECB dissenter Orphanides heralds deflation threat
Athanasios Orphanides, the governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus and a staunch advocate of a looser monetary-policy stance, has warned of the increasing threat of the eurozone deflation.
Long-run forecasts a good anti-deflation tool
The Federal Open Market Committee's new long-run inflation forecast reduces the chance of a deflationary spiral, a new paper form the San Francisco Federal Reserve posits.
Fed's Stern: recession could end in mid-2009
In one of the most bullish assessments of the state of the US economy by an official of the Federal Reserve since the start of the crisis, Gary Stern, the long-serving president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said that the recovery could…
IMF staffer urges global effort to stem deflation
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist has called on central bankers to begin multilateral talks to stave off worldwide deflation.
How worried should we be about deflation?
Dean Baker argues that fears over deflation have been greatly exaggerated. Policymakers should rather focus on reducing risk premia
Interview: Kenneth Rogoff
The former chief economist of the IMF tells Malan Rietveld that central banks know how to generate inflation if needed and that there are bigger problems than deflation to be worried about
Canada's Carney: controlling inflation fundamental
Controlling inflation is the best contribution that monetary policy can make to the economic and financial welfare of Canada, said Mark Carney, the governor of the country's central bank.
Eurozone, Japanese inflation sink
Eurozone annual inflation fell to its lowest level since 1999 in January as data revealed price growth in Japan came to a near standstill in 2008.
ECB officials signal reluctance to cut to zero
Two senior officials at the European Central Bank (ECB) have indicated that the Frankfurt-based institution remains reluctant to follow the Federal Reserve's lead in cutting rates to near zero.
BoJ sees falling prices, will buy corporate bonds
Prices will fall in the world's second-largest economy in 2009 and 2010, senior officials at the Bank of Japan predict. The central bank also announced it would buy corporate bonds and begin purchases of commercial paper later this month.
Canada sees rates hit all-time low
The Bank of Canada cut its key rate to 1%, the lowest level in the central bank's 75-year history, on Tuesday and said that headline inflation would fall below zero later this year. However, the move was not enough to satisfy some in the markets who were…
Bernanke signals shift to quantitative easing
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has hinted that the central bank will turn increasingly to its armoury of quantitative easing tools with its stock of rate cuts almost spent.
ECB's Bini Smaghi: don't use the d-word
The term deflation is often misused as a catch-all phrase to describe every kind of negative development, said Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, a member of the European Central Bank's executive board.
Japan's CPI understated deflation - NBER paper
Japan's deflation would have more than twice as severe as official statistics suggested if the country adopted American methodologies which correct for substitution biases and quality upgrading, this NBER working paper finds.
Japanese rates on hold
The Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy Committee decided on 15 June, by a unanimous vote, to leave interest rates at 0.5%.
Azerbaijan's inflation "likely to slow"
Elman Rustamov, the National Bank of Azerbaijan's board chair, told a press conference Friday 11 May that inflation is likely to slow from its current 16% annual rate.
BoJ's Fukui says low rates for too long will hurt
Bank of Japan governor Toshihiko Fukui told a seminar in Tokyo Thursday 10 May that interest rates need to rise gradually despite Japanese prices responding slowly to strong global demand.
Could Japan see a return to deflation?
After Japan's battle to emerge from deflation, this article from Bloomberg, published Monday 30 April, wonders if the country may be about to return to it.