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ReutersJapan consumer prices fall, deflation to persistReutersTOKYO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices marked their 17th straight month of annual declines in July in a sign that deflation remains deeply entrenched, boding ill for a fragi...

CNNJapan's GDP Growth Slows As Consumption, Exports SlackenWall Street JournalTOKYO—Japan's economic growth slowed sharply in the second quarter, falling well short of expectations as stagnant consumption and flagging exports weighed on an economy...

ReutersYuan Has Biggest Weekly Drop in 20 Months as Chinese Economic Growth SlowsBloombergBy Bloomberg News - Fri Aug 13 10:15:05 GMT 2010 China's yuan had for its biggest weekly decline in 20 months on speculation the central bank is tempering ...Dol...

ReutersDollar Falls Back Against YenWall Street JournalChina pushed its currency sharply lower against the US dollar Thursday, surprising markets and essentially wiping out ...Yuan Slides Most in Seven Weeks on Economic-Slowdown Signs, Dollar's GainBl...

Real estate Q&A: With housing oversupplied, deflation a threatKansas City StarQUESTION: What's all the talk about inflation these days? Pundits, especially conservatives, are saying that we should worry about ...and more »...

The Market OracleWSJ Survey: Risks of Deflation on the Rise, Fed on Hold LongerWall Street Journal (blog)A Wall Street Journal survey found that by a two-to-one margin Wall Street economists see deflation as a bigger threat to the US economy over ...Fed W...

MonitorBankRates.comNow, the main event: inflation vs. deflationMarketWatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard shot a warning over the bovine bow last week, ...Why Prices Never Really Go DownSan Francisco Ch...

World Economies, Globalization, Trade News. MarketWatch: St. Louis Fed President Warns Against Japan-Style DeflationBarron'sIN WHAT MAY BE PREPARATORY STEP for a major shift in the US monetary policy, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullar...

World Economies, Globalization, Trade News. Washington PostWithin the Fed, Worries of DeflationNew York Times (blog)A subtle but significant shift appears to be occurring within the Federal Reserve over the course of monetary policy as the economic recov...

Globe and MailFed Should Resume Treasury Purchases if Deflation Risk Grows, Bullard SaysBloombergFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the central bank should resume purchases of Treasury securities if the economy slows and prices...