[TigerLikesRooster]

Japan back to deflation. Lost dacade redux. Maybe this time around it will become depression in Japan's case, because I don't see Japan inflate itself to death. As for U.S., it is still hard to tell, even though deflationary pressure is getting stronger. If Fed quit fighting it, then it will be depression, but if it keeps on fighting at all costs, we may get inflation.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[unkus]

No matter how one looks at it, we’re in very bad times. And, no one will be immune!

[HiTech RedNeck]

International trade may alleviate some of this, because if Japanese goods get cheaper, more people will want to import them.

[M. Espinola]

Shades of the Asian Economic Flu.

[ActrFshr]

Former PM Koizumi is getting the last laugh here. His party rejected his conservative reforms and his country rejected his party. Now the opposition will have to deal with their impossible promises. Japan’s CPI “deflation” is a joke. For the everyday Japanese or expat, especially those with stable incomes, falling prices are a blessing. CPI deflation is only problematic for the Americans with maxed out credit cards and zero savings. Stagnant economy and prices beat hyper inflation any day of the week.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

Surely Japan prices are so artificially inflated that deflation in Japan does not mean the same as deflation in the US.

[Future Useless Eater]

Further deflation will wipe out banks and economies world wide.

So then it seems that war in the middle east is now certain. Because it will guarantee skyrocketed oil prices, gas rationing, more mass-transit usage, a quick end to deflation, and for Obots, another crisis to milk.

All signs are pointing in that direction... Gold anyone?