Implode-o-Meter News - Nobel guru fears it may be nigh impossible to stop deflation

Christopher Sims -- a monetary expert, who now thinks money indicators have been rendered "essentially obsolete" by modern finance -- says it may be impossible to reverse deflation in the Western economies by any normal means, in which case we are in trouble.
He argues that the public (including investors) are convinced that there will have to be some sort of payback for all the debts accumulated during the great era of leverage and excess. They have "internalised" the prospect of future tax rises and spending that will make them feel poorer.
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By the same token businesses are putting off investment and hoarding cash in anticipation of a hit to come. We may be deluding ourselves in thinking that companies will soon be confident enough to let rip with a fresh burst of spending and investment. They may just sit on their money for year after year.

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Nobel guru fears it may be nigh impossible to stop deflation