NBR | Food Prices Could Signal Deflation Ahead | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/onair/transcripts/tomatoes_blamed_for_brusing_pro... PBS Airdate: May 24, 2010
What would a prolonged period of deflation -- falling prices -- mean for the U.S. economy? Nightly Business Report's Suzanne Pratt reports.
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[streetfightspdx]

Deflation=Depression.

[Aztecdragon1323]

Did she say Long-term dept is a solution? Isn't that what got us in this recession in the first place?

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[librazone]

You can be garanteed that if the moneygrubbers are against deflation then it is the best thing that could happen for the average person. Who needs a world which is already overpopulated eating up commodities and sending prices through the roof. The only people who want an overheated economy with skyhigh prices are the moneygrubbers.

[zerogal1]

Reply to Aztecdragon: One way the Federal reserve can fight deflation is to lower the rates of interest paid for the US to borrow $ long term. This promotes Bond and Treasury buyers into buying shorter term notes, or investing in the Stock market, which boosts cash for companies thus making them more willing to hire. That's the theory at least.

[PsuedoSenator]

@Aztecdragon1323 No, it's not.

[zeusvalentine]

@streetfightspdx

exactly. Most people don't realize that one is the other. Everyone has been expecting inflation with the Fed printing dollars, but until that cash reaches the consumer, there won't be any.

[jibronii77]

@Aztecdragon1323 Buying lone-term debt is a solution.