http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/deflation Blog Articles Tagged with 'deflation' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133670?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation Last week we looked at some historical milestones as we compared the events leading up to the Great Depression to what we re seeing now. While apples to apples comparisons are problematic due to vast differences in the way economic statistics are m... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:49:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133670?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1133546?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation World stock markets seem to indicate the coming collapse of the global economy. Credit is unavailable to individuals, companies and nations. Commodities of all types are plunging. Deflation appears to be inevitable, yet gold prices remain nea... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:49:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1133546?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133552?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation World stock markets seem to indicate the coming collapse of the global economy. Credit is unavailable to individuals, companies and nations. Commodities of all types are plunging. Deflation appears to be inevitable, yet gold prices remain nea... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:49:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133552?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1133469?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation Heuristic optimisation in economics and econometrics - Vox EU Don t worry about inflation, worry about deflation - Vox EU Calming the panic - Vox EU An efficient rescue plan - Vox EUHow do capital gains affect long run-current accounts? - Vox EUAn ... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:06:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1133469?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/bonobo-land/1133088?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation Oil prices plunged below $85 a barrel on Thursday, the lowest level in a year, as Opec, the oil exporting countries cartel, called an emergency meeting to discuss reducing its crude production to halt the collapse in prices.This morning it is more... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:14:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/bonobo-land/1133088?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132587?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation Are American high tech companies the big winner from the current bouts of deflation? Is the US itself a winner? Remember, deflation changes all the rules we've been used to. You've got to think upside down now that cash is king, at least temporarily.... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:32:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132587?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132262?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation First, no wonder there are no domestic buyers of stocks not only is there widespread fear and distrust of capital markets, but also, after years of experiencing deflation, there s unfortunately no urgency to buy something that may only become c... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:26:51 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132262?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dr-john-rutledge/1131689?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation -doing a Fox Business hit at 7AM EST tomorrow (Monday) on now what? .Be there or be square. #-writing a piece for the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp on the impact of raising cap gains taxes on stock values. Huge impact! #Asian markets getting na... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:59:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dr-john-rutledge/1131689?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131660?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation Pimco's Bill Gross has out his latest missive, and if recent history is any evidence then it has a solid change of being causal, as opposed to being merely predictive. The key part is this: A systemic delevering likely requires a systemic solution, ... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:54:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131660?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1131640?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation From PIMCO's Bill Gross: Nothing to Fear but McFear Itself [The Fed] must also take another bold step: outright purchases of commercial paper. They should also cut interest rates to 1%, because we are experiencing asset deflation, and the threat of h... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:51:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1131640?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131289?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation Banks tussle over Wachovia. Citigroup (C) and Wells Fargo (WFC) took their battle over Wachovia (WB) to the courts this weekend. On Saturday night, Citigroup persuaded New York state trial-court judge Charles Ramos at his beach home in Connecticut ... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:19:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131289?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131050?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation Over the past several weeks I have read countless articles supporting conflicting positions on the Fed's ever increasing injections of capital into the banking system as well as the proposed 700 billion dollar bailout of the banks. Most authors have ... Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:39:27 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131050?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/greg-mankiw-blog/1131020?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation In a previous post, I expressed surprise that yields on inflation-indexed Treasury notes are rising. Readers have emailed me a variety of hypotheses, the most common of which is deflation. As one smart economist put it:Here's one possible answer -- t... Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:53:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/greg-mankiw-blog/1131020?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1130873?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation There is a terrific opinion piece in the Sunday Washington Post, titled Bad Medicine that is your MSM Saturday morning reading for the day. Its by James Grant, purveyor of the Grant's Interest Rate Observer. While some folks (myself and Nouriel Roub... Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:58:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1130873?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dr-john-rutledge/1130697?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation Last summer, when US capital markets began to freeze up, total market capitalization was $19.1 trillion. US market cap at yesterday s close was $13.3 trillion, a drop of $5.8 trillion over 14 months, roughly $100B billion per week.US Market CapIn p... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:00:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dr-john-rutledge/1130697?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1129647?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation The Fabulous Baker Boy writes, somewhere on Josh Marshall's TPM. My one complaint is that if Obama had won then the TARP would not have been a $700 billion giveaway to Wall Street. Only if McCain had won--and only if McCain's Treasury Secretary was... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:53:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1129647?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1128906?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation The TED Spread:Housing Prices:Stock Market:Unemployment:From Calculated Risk: Calculated Risk: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 Cliff Diving by Calculated Risk Dow off 6%. S&P 500 off 7%. NASDAQ off 7%. With the failure of the bailout in th... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:30:34 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1128906?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1128601?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation Poet Laureate Robert Frost is among the best known American poets. Although he died in 1963, he is the poet of this financial crisis. His Roaring Twenties poem Fire and Ice is about how the world may end and also captures the two scenarios of con... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:57:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1128601?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1128376?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation So I surf to Mark Thoma's website physically located 400 miles north of my office in order to find the smart things being written eight feet to my north, on the other side of my office wall. Barry Eichengreen: From Wall Street to Main Street: Lesson... Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:38:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1128376?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1127870?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation Yesterday the US Congress has announced that they agreed to the terms of a large bailout package -- something we've been seeing a good deal of lately. This should beg the question: what causes a need for bailouts?... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:57:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1127870?rsstype=tag&tag=deflation