price deflation

So much of a typical American's wealth is tied up in bricks that the threat of house- price deflation stokes panic .

After a year of sequential producer and consumer price deflation, both the CPI and PPI moved into positive territory in December.

I'll just say here that there's no price deflation going on this slump, and there's not even any disinflation going on now.

Worse, house-price deflation is only the first element of a quadruple whammy that is thumping American consumers.

For the moment Spain has only just sunk into outright price deflation.

The prospect of widepread price deflation worried Richard Snook, senior economist at the Centre for Economics and Business Research.

While they last, higher real interest rates and asset price deflation will have a negative impact on real sector activities.

Or consider Ireland, which has suffered an astonishing 16 consecutive months of price deflation.

And the debt ratio risks rising even further as price deflation leads to debt deflation (a rise in the real value of nominal debts).

Peopleand businesses who were deeply in debt when price deflation occurred or demand for their product decreased often risked default.

Price deflation in technology is a wonder to behold.

Asset-price deflation is already clear.

Logically, we should expect the present interruption in credit supply to cause asset price deflation.

This has lead to price competition, resulting in price deflation in some ranges.

All these are symptoms of a chronic price deflation that shows no sign of abating.