Recent Posts Tagged With 'inflation'

• The Deflation Scare

  Posted on Sunday August 2nd, 2009 at 13:49 in inflation, deflation, fiscal stimulus, quantitative easing

  I have several times in this blog questioned why it is that deflation might be a bad thing, including in my discussion of a new form of money. Having presented my arguments, I thought it might be useful to find out exactly why economists insist that ...

• Inflation, Deflation and Money

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 18:33 in credit, inflation, deflation, money supply, fiat money

  The post that follows is a slight change of direction. I started one post (see below) and found the question of money was nagging at me. In particular, there were some interesting comments on the subject of money after my last post.The first point I ...

• Inflation, Deflation And Printing Money in the UK

  Posted on Tuesday May 19th, 2009 at 20:53 in UK, inflation, bank of england, deflation, quantitative easing

  Many of the readers from the UK may have been seeing news of the 'deflation' in the UK economy. A typical piece can be found in the Times as follows: Deflation tightened its grip on the economy last month after a record fall in retail prices. The ...

• Inflation, Deflation or Hyper-Inflation

  Posted on Wednesday December 17th, 2008 at 12:26 in oil, china, UK, us, inflation, deflation, commodity prices, hyper-inflation, £gb, $us

  It now seems that both the UK and US have now used up most of their interest rate ammunition, in their hopeless attempt to reverse the slide into depression. The result is a further sinking of the £GB, and even the 'mighty' $US is finally wobbling.O...

• US Economy - Descent into Madness, and the Politics of Desperation

  Posted on Tuesday November 25th, 2008 at 13:37 in inflation, us economy, hyper-inflation, government borrowing, $us

  Much of what I will be writing will be a mirror of my last post on the subject of the UK. It seems that economic madness is contagious and spreading throughout the western world. The seeds of the fall of the West were sown a long while ago, with the ...

• Economic Crisis - As Expected Government FInance in Tatters

  Posted on Thursday November 20th, 2008 at 12:14 in ford, inflation, general motors, uk economy, deflation, government borrowing

  It has been a while since I last posted, for which I must apologise. I have just been looking through the news, and it is apparent that UK government finance is sinking fast. Regular readers of this blog will know that I have long been predicting a g...

• Government Borrowing and Interest Rates

  Posted on Monday July 14th, 2008 at 15:32 in Interest rates, inflation, uk economy, central banks, carry trade, government borrowing

  I have posted a comment/question from a reader called 'Lemming' below, who is clearly not an ignoramus (as the poster said of him/herself - I suspect Lemming may be an economist feigning lack of knowledge):'I know it wasn't your intention to write an...

• The economic collapse is starting

  Posted on Thursday June 26th, 2008 at 22:54 in house, UK, inflation, prices, collapse

  Well, with no satisfaction, I need to report that the collapse of the UK economy is now starting for real. In the last two days it has become apparent that the consumer cupboard is bare, and that is the signal that the party is now over.The first bit...