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Inflation, Deflation and “Got You” Prices

Scott Patterson writes in the Wall Street Journal that we won’t get inflation until unemployment is down below 5%:A rule of thumb is that inflation doesn’t become sticky until the unemployment rate dips below 5%…”I see very little prospect of acceler…

Summers On Recession: “I Don’t Think The Worst Is Over”

For this week’s installment of their “Lunch with the FT” feature the Financial Times sat down with Larry Summers, director of Obama’s National Economic Council, for a wide-ranging talk. When the conversation turned to the current recession in …