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(NY Times) The U.S.-Japan inflation correlation chart–Following Japan's Trajectory Thus Far

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Kendall Harmon

Check it out courtesy of Floyd Norris.

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2 comments on “(NY Times) The U.S.-Japan inflation correlation chart–Following Japan's Trajectory Thus Far”

  1. Terry Tee says:
    November 21, 2010 at 1:14 am

    I would have thought that Japan as a major industrial power was dependent on imports, and that the rising price of raw materials and energy would counter-act the tendency to deflation. Clearly this is not happening. I have another query: surely inflation as a result of QE II will feed into prices and cause the US graph to return to an upward trajectory?

  2. Dorpsgek says:
    November 21, 2010 at 10:21 am

    [blockquote] surely inflation as a result of QE II will feed into prices and cause the US graph to return to an upward trajectory? [/blockquote]
    Only if QE 2 is big enough, but all indications are it isn’t. Extra help from fiscal policy would help, but given the incoming Congress, that ain’t gonna happen.