America stands on the precipice of a substantial economic transformation, teetering on the edge of a deflationary shock. This ...

The US could see a deflationary shock as tariffs, immigration policies, and an aging population cause spending to fall off a ...

Second, deflation raises the inflation-adjusted interest rate, and that can cause consumers to spend less on durables like cars, appliances and houses that are purchased with credit.

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The US economy could soon be at risk of deflation, according to Wermuth Asset Management. Wobbling commercial property values a correction of lofty stock valuations would drag prices lower ...

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Not only is this not deflation as monetarists imagine it to be, it wouldn’t even be deflation if it were deflation. Indeed, as this write-up is being typed, gold sits around $1,950 in dollar terms.

So deflation exerts a depressing effect on spending by raising debt burdens – which, as Fisher also points out, can lead to another kind of vicious circle, in which depressed spending because of ...