Deflation Quotes

16 quotes by 15 authors

The sources of deflation are not a mystery. Deflation is in almost all cases a side effect of a collapse of aggregate demand.. a drop… — Ben Bernanke
This law represents a cornerstone in a structure which is being built but is by no means completed--a structure intended to lessen the force of… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
If inflation is the genie, then deflation is the ogre that must be fought decisively, — Christine Lagarde
Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need… — Gavyn Davies
Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the… — John Mellencamp
Deflation and secular stagnation are the risks of our time. — Lawrence Summers
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 manner.… — Catherine Austin Fitts
For years, we've grown dependant on American consumers as the world's spenders of last resort. They've kept Europe out of recession, allowed China to industrialise,… — Evan Davis
Her heart the damned thing had begun to race and she only hoped that the rapid inflation and deflation of her chest wasn't visible beneath… — Anna Godbersen
However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot lower interest rates… — Toshihiko Fukui
To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it. — Carlos Ghosn
The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower. — Jack Kemp
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations… — Thomas Jefferson
In sum, do not insult me with the beheadings, finger choppings or the lung-deflations you plan for my works. I need my head to shake… — Ray Bradbury
The basic prescription for preventing deflation is straightforward, at least in principle: Use monetary and fiscal policy as needed to support aggregate spending, in a… — Ben Bernanke
And I am convinced that a single focus on preserving the purchasing power of the dollar, in effect, guarding against inflation or deflation, actually creates… — Kevin Brady

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