After years of exhorting China to increase the value of its yuan, the currency is finally rising. Why that's so is the result of the Fed's quantitative easing program. Here's how Bernanke managed to succeed where political wrangling fell short.
Even as consumers celebrate lower prices, economists fear that widespread price decreases signal more problems ahead for the U.S. economy. To show the breadth of price declines, we've compiled a list of popular products that have dropped in price over the last year.
Lower prices may sound nice, but deflation can wreck an economy with pay cuts, lower profits and falling stock prices.
Major structural and cultural differences between the U.S. and Japan mean that Treasury bond investors simply using Japan as a template for how things will unfold here may be overlooking important factors. Key among them is a growing realization that Japan may have collectively opted for deflation.