What is proportion of months that have been followed by a deflationary 5-year period?Using the inflation series compiled by Robert Shiller of Yale and stretching back to 1871, I calculate a base rate of 22%, which is pretty consistent with the TIPS-derived estimate.
Overall debt levels more than doubled from 2000 to 2011 at the more than 500 institutions rated by Moody's, according to inflation-adjusted data compiled for The New York Times by the credit rating agency.
Mr. Abe and his coalition partner, Natsuo Yamaguchi, the head of the small New Komeito party, agreed on Tuesday to set the inflation target and compile a big stimulus budget, Mr. Yamaguchi told reporters after the two met.
This time, inflation is virtually nonexistent, and Mr. Obama has compiled a solid record in foreign policy and in national security.
The New York City region has steadily outstripped the nation in inflation, by more than 30percentt, in the past few months, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Its best performance will be in the year's final quarter, when it will grow 3.9percentt, at an inflation-adjusted annual rate, according to an average of dozens of forecasts compiled by Blue Chip Economic Indicators, a newsletter.
Compiled using data collected by the Office of National Statistics, items are added and removed to the inflation basket each year, depending on that year's consumer spending patterns.
From 1969 to 2006, according to figures compiled by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, federal judicial pay declined by almost a quarter when adjusted for inflation.
House prices fell by 15.3% in the year to April, according to the 20-city index compiled by S&P/Case-Shiller.India's central bank unexpectedly raised its benchmark interest rate from 8% to 8.5%, in response to higher inflation.
