Deflationary pressures in food continue to be severe and are not projected to ease until the second quarter. Better buying and category management efforts are expected to result in some gross margin improvement.
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I'm not saying that a disorderly correction to global imbalances is certain to happen. Nor am I saying that the global economy is inevitably headed for a deflationary shortfall in demand. What I am saying is that, as prudent policymakers, we must not rely on good fortune to help us muddle through. We need to get going on these policy issues now, before it is too late to take remedial action.
An extraordinary deflationary shock in tradable goods has coincided with outsize disinflation in services, resulting in the most deflation-prone business cycle of the modern post-World War II era,
Fukui is the big business candidate, a trusted hand that will continue to steer Japan on a deflationary course, ... We'll continue to have an accommodative BOJ, not a proactive BOJ.
We believe poor recent results and management changes are leading to internal rethinking of Wal-Mart's aggressive deflationary pricing strategies, which we believe will lead to better gross margins in 2004, while still reducing prices,
I think at the moment what they are trying to do is limit yen strength, given the fact that Japanese corporations are still facing a lot of deflationary pressures. Japanese trade data showed another fall in exports, which is a byproduct of the yen strengt
This principle of annual improvement in real wages based on technology we also hold to be neither inflationary nor deflationary.
Deflationary pressures are building in China. In the December survey input prices have dropped for the second month in a row but output prices are almost matching the decline.
The weaker the economy is, it makes it more difficult to push ahead with reforms, ... Clearing up the bad loan problem and reducing the deficit are deflationary.
Free is really, you know, the gift of Silicon Valley to the world. It's an economic force, it's a technical force. It's a deflationary force, if not handled right. It is abundance, as opposed to scarcity.
This is a market that goes down on sentiment and goes up on excessive fear. There was excessive fear and a deflationary picture. Markets will rally on excessive fear and it seems to be an end-of-the-week technical rally.
Japan's deflationary era is finally ending. A change in monetary policy is coming into sight, and that suggests higher yields.
We've been in a relatively negative technology environment ever since the August rally ended. Today's drop is a follow-through on more bad news. Also, the developments on Iraq and deflationary concerns in the economic are in the background.