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• Is this deflation I see before me? Why prices are rising faster than the inflation rate

  I am not sure about you, but I sometimes have to go to the back numbers to make sense of the statistics that get thrown at me. I have been for some months a bit curious as to why the brightest brains (well some seriously well paid experts) among the UK... Posted Sep 15 2009, 12:44 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: deflation, inflation, interest rates, Mervyn King, Lehman Brothers, Bank of England, CPI

• Nationwide springs pleasant surprise for house sellers and builders

  The latest analysis by the Nationwide of house prices suggests that this spring has brought with it an unexpected 0.9% bounce in the price of houses. This will add some more cheer to those currently enjoying the blue skies, sunshine and abundant blossom... Posted Apr 02 2009, 10:49 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: mortgages, housing market, unemployment, Nationwide, deflation, inflation, interest rates, Bank of England, David Blanchflower

• Inflation, deflation, Japan and paradoxes

  So consumer price inflation isn't falling as fast as many commentators had expected. Is that a surprise? Well not really. Ok there are lags in the systems. But with oil price falls, the cut in VAT and deep discounting the big plot twists pre-Christmas... Posted Feb 17 2009, 11:58 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: house prices, house building, deflation, paradoxes, printing money, Japan, inflation, interest rates, Mervyn King, Liam Halligan