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If the National Review Determined Monetary Policy

…don’t think bond yields, inflation-protected TIPS, or the shape of the yield curve are useful economic indicators when exiting a deflationary period by way of an extraordinary monetary policy. I…

Japan’s Deflation…

…get out of a deflationary cycle once you’re in one. This also reminds those of us who worry about the sustainability of BWII just how different the situations of Japan…

…consequence, we need a wider firebreak, in logging and forestry terms, because we know so little about it. So we lean over backwards to make certain that we contain deflationary

…sight for many of Japan’s companies, long burdened by deflation, dismal profits and debt. The country now has a central-bank boss who understands the deflationary problems far better than his…

…keep out of the deflationary spiral that ensnared Japan, and also to help improve the solvency of their banks. China is under significant pressure to turn its banks around fast,…