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• a  associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money
  deflationary measures

• In other words, the Fed is throwing everything but the kitchen sink at avoiding a deflationary spiral, and it's doing so more quickly than its counterparts in Tokyo did a decade ago.
• Ben Simpfendorfer, China strategist for the Royal Bank of Scotland, puts it succinctly: "Where China was a deflationary influence over the last 10 years, it will be an inflationary .
• The result a deflationary bust is evident everywhere.

• inflationary

News & Articles

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• Kudlow: Are Rising Rates Deflationary?
  Are rising rates a deflationary event, not a growth event? The Fed cannot be too hasty in tapering its bond purchases.
  June 21, 2013 - CNBC
• Kudlow: Are Rising Rates a Deflationary Event?
  As a warning to Ben Bernanke, one could argue that rising rates are a deflationary event, not a growth event. And if the Fed is too hasty in tapering its bond purchases, interest rates may continue to rise for the wrong reasons.
  June 21, 2013 - CNBC
• BMO Harris Private Banking June Market Commentary: Growth Levels in China Continue to Affect Canadian Commodities
  - Economic growth in China likely to come in at 7.6 per cent or lower - Japan's approach to economic reform aims to combat 10-year deflationary funk - United States' bond buying has financial markets on alert - Interest rates should remain low under new Bank of Canada chief
  June 21, 2013 - Marketwire

Quotes

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• Rodrigo de Rato in International Herald Tribune
  Japan is moving out of long and difficult deflationary circumstances,International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato said Saturday. "The best thing Japan can do for the global economy is to keep growing."
• Lawrence Summers in Independent Financial & Investment Advice
  Larry Summers told Congress to pass Obama's stimulus bill "as quickly as possible, to contain what is a very damaging and potentially deflationary spiral."
• Barack Obama in Sky News
  If we don't act swiftly and boldly, most experts now believe that we could lose millions of jobs next year,Mr Obama said. "We now risk falling into a deflationary spiral that could increase our massive debt even further."