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Deflation: Why Falling Prices Are Bad

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Renee Acosta lines up Japan's CPI history against the Great Depression's U.S. CPI record, covering 1985 through 2025 on one chart and 1929 through 1939 on the other, then writes an FOMC memo on whether to pre-position for 2026 deflation risk.

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