Will we have inflation flation (prices stabile or nearly so) or deflation?

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bANK fAILURE wrote on Sun, 2/21/2010 - 5:01 pm

its a trick question liz,

Deflation in the things one desires.
Inflation in the things one requires.

Im goin with flation.

fudge_hend wrote on Sun, 2/21/2010 - 5:06 pm

I voted for inflation in the long run but expect more de(bt)flation in the short to medium turn. It could go either way in my opinion. We default outright or we default by printing. Might as well have asked if you prefer red or black on the roulette wheel. The game is fixed and the casino will win and we will lose.

RE wrote on Sun, 2/21/2010 - 5:07 pm

Deflation early on until the pain is too high. Then inflation.

Tom Stone wrote on Sun, 2/21/2010 - 7:03 pm

Consternation.

Doc Holiday wrote on Sun, 2/21/2010 - 7:11 pm

Here's the deal; I can't vote on this because I'm researching a new economic theory, which is related to employment efficiency which comes about at the cost of greater sustained unemployment trends over a longer period. The economy is shifting into those that have skills and those that don't, thus the economy will grow, but in a much different way and it wont look like stagflation, inflation, deflation, reflation, hyperinflation or a depression -- or business as usual -- we are morphing into a new model along with a new generational change of the ways things will be.

1 currency now -yogi wrote on Sun, 2/21/2010 - 7:20 pm

Inflation of what? CPI? The currency? Wages?

dryfly wrote on Sun, 2/21/2010 - 7:29 pm

Inflation in banker bonuses - deflation in workers salaries.

NorkaWest wrote on Sun, 2/21/2010 - 7:48 pm

I'm in the whipsaw camp: one followed by the other before I can get repositioned.

sm_landlord wrote on Sun, 2/21/2010 - 7:57 pm

I voted for inflation, not in the short term, but next year or the year after.

ill dilettante wrote on Mon, 2/22/2010 - 5:55 am

biflation followed by weimar

Speed wrote on Mon, 2/22/2010 - 3:04 pm

Qualifier: you didn't provide a time frame. Ultimately, there will be inflation. From now until some time in the future - months, years, we're in a deflationary period.