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To: Alberta's Child

This is where a deflationary cycle begins, and this is what the Fed has been trying to stave off with its QE initiatives.
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What’s wrong with deflation ,, inflation helps the banks and the gov’t but kills the savers and responsible people ,, deflation helps me and you ... why parrot the FED line about deflation? I for one would like to go to the grocery store and pay “2000” prices for my groceries...and maybe a new car..

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-19/everything-we-are-told-about-deflation-lie


20 posted on 04/20/2014 8:10:06 AM PDT by Neidermeyer (I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
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To: Neidermeyer
I'm not referring to "deflation" in the sense of simply declining prices. I'm referring to a deflationary cycle that reflects an ongoing decline in economic activity in its entirety.

I for one would like to go to the grocery store and pay “2000” prices for my groceries...and maybe a new car.

Who is going to produce that new car for you? Do you think the people working for that company are going to work for "2000" wages?

And how about existing mortgages? Would you have any interest in paying off a 2014 -- or even a "2000" -- mortgage if the home was appraised at what it was worth in 1980?

21 posted on 04/20/2014 8:20:11 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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