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Spencer England | June 18, 2010 9:36 am

Did others notice that year-to-date inflation, as measured by the CPI, is zero?

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7 Comments
  • Rob says:
    June 18, 2010 at 10:54 am

    Well the Wapo thinks this is good news!

    “A silver lining of the European debt crisis is starting to emerge: falling prices in the United States.”

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/17/AR2010061702909.html

    Yes we are now applauding deflation

  • Sandwichman says:
    June 18, 2010 at 11:36 am

    “Silver lining”? For what? A coffin?

  • ilsm says:
    June 18, 2010 at 9:47 pm

    Another year of no SS COLA.

    Lots of savings there.

  • run75441 says:
    June 18, 2010 at 10:14 pm

    Falling prices as fed by stagnant wages and high Unemployment and Not In Labor Force

  • ilsm says:
    June 19, 2010 at 6:32 am

    Deflation is just fine for the masses.

    Deflation bad for the ownership class………………..

  • Lyle says:
    June 19, 2010 at 9:03 am

    Actually deflation is fine for the creditor class but bad for the debtor class. Essentially Shays rebellion in 1785 was for more inflation, as was William Jennings Bryan and the Cross of Gold speech, (Free silver means more money likely leading to more inflation)

  • coberly says:
    June 20, 2010 at 6:30 pm

    That’s all true, but what I noticed is that safeway lowered the price of a loaf of bread.  They also cut it from 24 oz to 22 oz.

    Honesty is not a part of American enterprise.

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