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So, all those fears about deflation that everyone was worried about in theory, they just might be starting to unfold.
Wednesday marked the last Federal Reserve meeting for the year 2014.
The U.S. Labor Department's headline Consumer Price Index for November posted its largest decline in almost six years.
The fears of deflation due to lower energy prices and lower demand are likely to get stronger.
The inflation at the producer level for October was higher than expected, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Eurostat has released the flash estimate for third-quarter gross domestic product for the eurozone. The report has a mixed bias to it.
With deflation in the air in Europe, some form of additional easing measures might have been hoped for.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday morning.
The headline PPI reading was -0.1%, versus a consensus estimate for a gain of 0.1%.
ThinkstockThe European Central Bank recently left interest rates unchanged at its most recent rate policy communication. This was on the heels of the prior cut in rates where Europe is experimenting...
A press release from Thursday noted that 150,000+ consumers will urge Starbucks to switch to organic milk with a major social media push this coming Sunday.
These trends almost certainly will press the prices of individual stocks, and the market as a whole, upward for months.
The Atlanta Federal Reserve released its most recent inflation expectations on Friday.
Given the recent CPI PPI readings, is the Federal Reserve making safe dovish moves out of fear of deflation?
Consumer prices fell in August, which creates a conundrum for a Federal Reserve over whether to raise interest rates and end the quantitative easing measures.