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Nobody Really Understands Gold Prices And I Don't Pretend To Understand Them Either.

It's The Price Of Success: People Start To Think You're Omnipotent.

The Basic Prescription For Preventing Deflation Is Therefore Straightforward, At Least In Principle: Use Monetary And Fiscal Policy As Needed To Support Aggregate Spending, In A Manner As Nearly Consistent As Possible With Full Utilization Of Economic Resources And Low And Stable Inflation. In Other Words, The Best Way To Get Out Of Trouble Is Not To Get Into It In The First Place.

Among The Largest Banks, The Capital Ratios Remain Good And I Don’t Expect Any Serious Problems . . . . Among The Large, Internationally Active Banks That Make Up A Very Substantial Part Of Our Banking System.

The Sources Of Deflation Are Not A Mystery. Deflation Is In Almost All Cases A Side Effect Of A Collapse Of Aggregate Demand.. A Drop In Spending So Severe That Producers Must Cut Prices On An Ongoing Basis In Order To Find Buyers.