Related Web Links – Module 33 - Types of Inflation, Disinflation, and Deflation

NYT, Opinion, Krugman, May 2009, “The Big Inflation Scare,” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/opinion/29krugman.html. 

NYT, “Inflation and Debt,” http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C04E6DA123AE63BBC4151DFBE66838D669FDE. 

NYT, October 1997, “Disinflation, Anyone? Prices of New Cars Are Declining, for a Change,” http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/19/automobiles/disinflation-anyone-prices-of-new-cars-are-declining-for-a-change.html.

NYT January 2009, Krugman, “Risks of deflation (wonkish but important),” http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/10/risks-of-deflation-wonkish-but-important/.

The following paper provides good background information and analysis in the narrative. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Working Paper Series, “The Great Inflation and Early Disinflation in Japan and Germany,” http://research.stlouisfed.org/wp/2006/2006-052.pdf.