Deflation

Canada sees rates hit all-time low

The Bank of Canada cut its key rate to 1%, the lowest level in the central bank's 75-year history, on Tuesday and said that headline inflation would fall below zero later this year. However, the move was not enough to satisfy some in the markets who were…

Japan's CPI understated deflation - NBER paper

Japan's deflation would have more than twice as severe as official statistics suggested if the country adopted American methodologies which correct for substitution biases and quality upgrading, this NBER working paper finds.

Takenaka says BOJ rate hike came too early

Japan's former economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka has criticised the Bank of Japan in an interview published Friday 9 March for increasing interest rates in February despite continued deflation.

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