Stagflation

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Contrarian Profits  May 18 
Justice sees the economy heading toward stagflation – the combination of sluggish growth and inflation... The environment we are headed into – and the view Mr. Market seems to (perhaps) be acknowledging now – is a classic combo of...
Short-Term Trading  Feb 16 
Thirty Years Later, a Return to Stagflation This article is quite alarming. "what happens when there is an excess supply of bonds on the worldwide markets? The cost of borrowing will rise. Today we fear deflation, but eventually our fears will...
Contrarian Profits  Aug 20 
U.S. companies were hit with the largest annual jump in wholesale prices in 27 years during July. Housing starts dropped to their lowest level in 17 years. The indicators are that ruinous stagflation is tightening its grip on the U.S. economy for...
Real Wealth - Global Wealth Report  Jul 16 
With weak U.S. retail sales and a rise in producer prices, many economists ― along with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke ― believe this is further evidence of “stagflation” in the U.S. economy. Stagflation? These guys are behind the times....
Contrarian Profits  Jul 8 
There's heaps of bad economic news coming out of the US. Food and energy bills have skyrocketed, companies are slashing their workforces and consumer confidence has been shattered. But Eric Roseman says the mainstream view of a return to...
Contrarian Profits  Jul 2 
Editor's Note: Are we returning to '70s-style stagflation. Bill Bonner thinks we may be -- a return to a lethal combination of high inflation and deflation of asset prices. But Sovereign Society Investment Director Eric Roseman says what we are...
Credit Writedowns  Jun 12 
Stephen Roach is one of the best financial commentators in the business. In the aftermath of the bubble in the late 1990s, as Chief Economist of Morgan Stanley, he was quite bearish and warned of the downside risks for the global economy. But,...
Jutia Group  May 19 
Mirroring the stagflation of the early 1980s, consumer sentiment hit its lowest level since that time period this month as short-term inflation continues to ramp up. The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment...
Contrarian Profits  Feb 28 
Ben Bernanke said today the United States would avoid a 1970s-style period of "stagflation", according to a report in the New York Times, but acknowledged global price pressures could complicate the central bank's effort to lift the...
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Stagflation is a condition in a given economy during which there is significant economic stagnation, coupled with inflation. It was coined in the 1970s when rising oil prices led to high inflation and low GDP growth rates in much of the developed world.

 
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