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Japan Is Back | Foreign Affairs

So it followed naturally that my second administration should prioritize getting rid of deflation and turning around the Japanese economy. Let's say that I have set the priorities right this time to reflect the concerns of the people, … [...]

The Japanese Laugh At Peter Schiff’s Idiotic Notion That Deflation Is Good For Their Economy

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/world/asia/17japan.html?pagewanted=all [...]

Japanese Yen’s bumpy ride holds promise and danger – economy

http://www.euronews.com/ The Japanese Yen has gone through the 100 to the dollar mark for the first time since April 2009, and is now at a four-year low [...]

Guest Post: The Case Against Deflation | Zero Hedge

Japan was also in the grip of Keynesians and they stimulated like crazy but they still got deflation over decades, what makes you think it will work here when personal and business credit is not expanding…can the gov really … [...]

Sober Look: Draghi will act to avoid deflationary spiral

The Eurozone is facing a growing risk of deflation – similar to Japan . Once the inflation rate in Japan fell below 1%, the external shock of the Asian currency crisis (late 90s) sent Japan into a deflationary spiral – something the … [...]

Japan: Inflation, Deflation Or Bond Crash? – Seeking Alpha

Japan has had persistent mild deflation for most of the last decade. Along with the deflation has been over a decade of slow to no growth. As we all know, prime minister Shinzo Abe and new Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko … [...]

Week in FX Asia – USD/JPY Appreciates to 98 as Japanese …

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in September after promising an end to deflation. He set a very aggressive target of 2% in 2 years. Abe was a vocal critic of the Bank of Japan, whose governor was up for [...]

Sober Look: With deflation in BOJ's crosshairs, the yen is sure to …

NY Times: – Deflation remains firmly entrenched in Japan , figures showed Friday, as the central bank projected that its targeted level for inflation was still some years off, underscoring that there are no quick fixes for one of the … [...]

Japan attempts to slay deflation dragon — RT Business

RT is the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel which brings the Russian view on global [...]

Japan Continues To Get Squeezed By Deflation – Business Insider

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's consumer price index fell 0.9 percent in March from a year earlier, underlining the challenge of ending a long spell of debilitating deflation despite an onslaught of monetary easing and stimulus … [...]