Global deflation risk grows

Christian Science Monitor by Mark Trumbull | Nov. 20, 2008 (News Report)
October saw one of only seven monthly drops in the core Consumer Price Index since 1947

Global concern about inflation, which was widespread just a few months ago, has given way to worries about an opposite and potentially more dangerous problem: deflation. Full Story »

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3.6
 by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 20, 2008

This is a lucid, plain-terms explanation of how widespread deflation could hurt consumers. The story would have been made richer if the reporter had left his desk to go find an example of where this is happening already -- it seems even retail store cutting prices for holiday shopping would have worked fine.

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