The sources of deflation are not a mystery. Deflation is…

The basic prescription for preventing deflation is therefore straightforward, at least in principle: Use monetary and fiscal policy as needed to support aggregate spending,…

— Ben Bernanke

Deflation is defined as a general decline in prices, with emphasis on the word 'general.'

— Ben Bernanke

Sector-specific price declines, uncomfortable as they may be for producers in that sector, are generally not a problem for the economy as a whole…

— Ben Bernanke

Deflation can be particularly dangerous when a financial system is shaky, with household and corporate balance sheets in poor shape and banks undercapitalized and…

— Ben Bernanke

The current U.S. and Eurozone depression isn't because of China. It's because of domestic debt deflation. Commodity prices and consumer spending are falling, mainly…

— Michael Hudson

With QE3, we are essentially being bought out with our own money...and unemployment is being used to facilitate this process in a very clever…

— Catherine Austin Fitts

To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.

— Carlos Ghosn

I've learned about the inflation range situation. Obviously with our footballs being inflated to the 12.5-pound range, any deflation would then take us under…

— Bill Belichick

Near-zero policy rates that may be considerably expansionary in an economy with high inflation could be contractionary when inflation is too close to zero,…

— Athanasios Orphanides

“It is one thing when prices drift downward over time due to innovation, scalability or other efficiencies. This might be considered “good” deflation and…

— James Rickards

“At the end of 2012, the yield on nominal bonds was about 2 percent. The only way that bonds could generate a 7.8 percent…

— Jeremy J. Siegel

The United States and Europe are in a state of debt deflation, where people and businesses have to pay banks instead of spending their…

— Michael Hudson

As a whole, [changing] is deflation force that is being underestimated. Whether each person thinks of it in the context of the word deflation…

— Ken Moelis

Despite the recent conviction of many that we're headed back to inflation, I think deflation remains the more likely prospect. You've just got too…

— Gary Shilling

Deflation means a slowdown of income growth. Markets shrink, new capital investment and employment also taper off, so wages decline. That is what's happening…

— Michael Hudson