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A Keynesian Challenge: Prove Deflation is Bad For ME!

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Publié le 19 décembre 2016
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'Mish' Shedlock and Gordon T Long discuss a number of outstanding issues in 2016 that will become Themes in 2017.


Economic Challenge to Keynesian's

Mish is quite emphatic that:

"Of all the widely believed but patently false economic beliefs is the absurd notion that falling consumer prices are bad for the economy and something must be done about them. The BIS did a study and found routine deflation was not any problem at all.

“Deflation may actually boost output. Lower prices increase real incomes and wealth. And they may also make export goods more competitive,” stated the BIS study.

It's asset bubble deflation that is damaging.

"In central banks' seriously misguided attempts to fight routine consumer price deflation, central bankers create very destructive asset bubbles that eventually collapse. When those bubble burst, and they will, it will trigger debt deflation, which is what central banks ought to fear. For a discussion of the BIS study, please see Historical Perspective on CPI Deflations: How Damaging are They?

Meanwhile economically illiterate writers bemoan deflation, as do most economists and central banks. The final irony in this ridiculous mix is central bank policies stimulate massive wealth inequality fueled by soaring stock prices."

Reality Check Questions

1. If price of food drops will people stop eating?

2. If the price of gasoline drops will people stop driving?

3. If price of airline tickets drop will people stop flying?

4. If the handle on your frying pan falls off or your blow-dryer breaks, will you delay making another purchase because you can get it cheaper next month?

5. If computers, printers, TVs, and other electronic devices will be cheaper next year, then cheaper again the following year, will people delay purchasing electronic devices as long as prices decline?

6. If your coat is worn out, are you inclined to wait another year if there are discounts now, but you expect even bigger discounts a year from now?

7. Will people delay medical procedures in expectation of falling prices?

8. If deflation theory is accurate, why are there huge lines at stores when prices drop the most?


Unresolved 2016 Problems will become 2017 Themes

  • SLOWING  RETAIL SALES

US Y-o-Y retail sales are trending down, 8 large US chains are closing hundreds of stores, as inventories continue to grow during what we are told is a recovery. What happens to retail sales and retail commercial real estate if the US sees a recession in 2017?

US Y-O-Y RETAIL SALES CONTINUE TO FALL

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  • LOOMING AUTO PROBLEMS

A pile-up of nearly new cars returning off lease is set to cause trouble for the US car industry and wreak havoc on used car prices and thereby pushing lease prices up.

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  • HOME SALES

Pending Home Sales have stalled and housing starts dropped 18.7% even before mortgage rates spiked.

Pending Home Sales Stall Even Before Mortgage Rates Spiked

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  • WAR ON CASH - Australia and India

Thousands of people are demonstrating across India to protest the government's sudden decision to withdraw large-denomination currency from circulation, a move that has caused enormous hardship to millions of people

  • PENSION BOMB - Dallas & Fort Worth are only the Beginning

Dallas Cops are retiring in droves to take lump sum pension payouts in fearing of the money not being there (and it won't be!). Fort Worth, Texas also has problems!

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  • MARKET OVERVALUATION

Market Over Valuations

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  • ROBOTS & DRIVER-LESS VEHICLES ARE COMING SOON

Truck Drivers Dominate Most Common Job by State

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2017 Themes

Mish says the  following are the Themes for 2017 which the consensus currently believes will happen.

Mish says "don't bet on  any of them happening!"

  1. THREE RATE HIKES IN 2017

  2. A STRONGER US DOLLAR

  3. WEAKER GOLD

Mish would bet against all three!

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