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	<title>Japan''s Deflation Threatens Economy</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/trade/100204581-1-japan%2527%2527s-deflation-threatens-economy.html</link>
	<pubDate>23 Nov 2009 02:24:55 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>UPDATE 1-Japan deflation deepens, weak demand hitting prices</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100178835-1-update-1-japan-deflation-deepens%252C-weak.html</link>
	<pubDate>29 Sep 2009 01:18:53 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Nationwide core CPI falls 2.4 pct in year to August * Weak final demand weighing on prices * Deflation may last longer than BOJ expects - analyst TOKYO, Sept 29 - Japanese core consumer...	</description>
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	<title>JGBs gain after yen hurts stocks, fans deflation worry</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100171211-1-jgbs-gain-after-yen-hurts.html</link>
	<pubDate>14 Sep 2009 07:30:53 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Yen's surge sends Nikkei down 2.3%, fans deflation concerns * Yield curve flattens slightly as super-long JGB yields fall * Falling swap rates help push down super-long JGB yields * Five-year yield hits fresh...	</description>
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	<title>Japan Hayashi: easy policy needed as deflation risk high</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100164604-1-japan-hayashi%253A-easy-policy-needed.html</link>
	<pubDate>1 Sep 2009 01:24:27 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>TOKYO, Sept 1 - Japan may need to maintain an accommodative monetary policy for some time as the risks of the country falling into deflation are high, Economics Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday. It will...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 5-Record deflation in Japan may put pressure on BOJ</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100163382-1-update-5-record-deflation-japan-may.html</link>
	<pubDate>28 Aug 2009 06:51:56 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Nationwide core CPI falls 2.2 pct in year to July * Fall widens in core-core CPI, excluding energy and food * Jobless rate hits record high, household spending falls * Deepening deflation, jobless rise...	</description>
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	<title>BOJ FOCUS-Japan policy may be hostage to deflation for years</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100162667-1-boj-focus-japan-policy-may-hostage.html</link>
	<pubDate>27 Aug 2009 05:58:24 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* BOJ may change forecast end of deflation to 2012 from 2011 * Other projections point to 8 years of deflation * Rates to stay on hold until prices turn positive TOKYO, Aug 27 -...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 3-BOJ may forecast 3 years of deflation - sources</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100150447-1-update-3-boj-may-forecast-3.html</link>
	<pubDate>6 Aug 2009 09:54:50 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Persistent deflation may delay exit from low interest rates * Output gap unlikely to narrow much - sources * Unlikely to affect timing of exit from unconventional steps (Adds details) TOKYO, Aug 6 -...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 2-BOJ may forecast 3 years of deflation - sources</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100150194-1-update-2-boj-may-forecast-3.html</link>
	<pubDate>6 Aug 2009 04:29:48 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Persistent deflation may delay exit from low interest rates * Output gap unlikely to narrow much - sources (Adds details) TOKYO, Aug 6 - The Bank of Japan will probably forecast three years of...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 1-BOJ may forecast 3 years of deflation - sources</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100150180-1-update-1-boj-may-forecast-3.html</link>
	<pubDate>6 Aug 2009 04:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Persistent deflation may delay exit from low interest rates * Output gap unlikely to narrow much - sources (Adds details) TOKYO, Aug 6 - The Bank of Japan will probably forecast three years of...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 3-Japan on brink of deflation as CPI stalls</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100076424-1-update-3-japan-brink-deflation-cpi.html</link>
	<pubDate>27 Mar 2009 09:51:17 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Japan consumer prices show economy edging towards deflation * Japan retail sales ckage, following up its budget for the fiscal year starting on April 1 that passed parliament on Friday. &quot;Japan is facing consumer...	</description>
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	<title>Investment plays in recession</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/finance/100012701-1-investment-plays-recession.html</link>
	<pubDate>14 Jan 2009 06:39:52 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>The knots in economists' and investors' stomachs tightened on Dec. 17 with the release of consumer price data for November...<img src="http://img.alibaba.com/img/news/albumThumbnail/10/00/12/70/1231915192569_us_backyard1_1011.jpg"></img>	</description>
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	<title>Financial Mistakes That Could Haunt You Forever</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/entrepreneur/100017747-1-financial-mistakes-could-haunt-you.html</link>
	<pubDate>27 Oct 2009 07:20:06 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>After the sudden drop in the Dow this time last year, many investors were left to wonder what else could happen to deflate their savings and investment portfolios. We came up with a list of some of the scariest - and potentially most costly - financial mistakes you could make. Take steps now to ensure that you don't lose money by making some of these big, bad choices<img src="http://img.alibaba.com/img/news/albumThumbnail/10/00/17/74/1256628006318_us_backyard1_915.jpg"></img>	</description>
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	<title>Deflation or disinflation, it's all downhill</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/finance/100030451-1-deflation-disinflation%252C-it%2527s-all-downhill.html</link>
	<pubDate>16 Dec 2008 03:24:09 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>NEW YORK, Dec 15 - If economics had a Grim Reaper, it would be deflation. A downward spiral of prices, earnings and economic activity, it may be the most difficult problem for officials to fix....
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	<title>US government cash may avert sustained deflation</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/government/100029696-1-us-government-cash-may-avert.html</link>
	<pubDate>12 Dec 2008 04:42:56 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>NEW YORK, Dec 11 - Swift U.S. government action to flood the financial system with cash should prevent deflation from suffocating the economy, some of the world's best-known investors told the Reuters Investment Outlook Summit...
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	<title>Fed officials play down risk of U.S. deflation</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/finance/100026841-1-fed-officials-play-down-risk.html</link>
	<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 09:50:55 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec 2 - The United States does not face a high risk of Japan-style deflation and ought to spell out a target for prices to keep this threat at bay, two top Federal...
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	<title>Deflation looms as next challenge on horizon</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/analysis/100023885-1-deflation-looms-next-challenge-horizon.html</link>
	<pubDate>20 Nov 2008 02:22:08 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON, Nov 19 - With recession now a reality in major economies from Japan to Germany, policymakers are starting to fret about the chance of a phenomenon many see as even more deadly: deflation. Japan's...
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	<title>Deflation looms as next challenge on horizon</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/finance/100023866-1-deflation-looms-next-challenge-horizon.html</link>
	<pubDate>20 Nov 2008 02:09:56 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON, Nov 19 - With recession now a reality in major economies from Japan to Germany, policymakers are starting to fret about the chance of a phenomenon many see as even more deadly: deflation. Japan's...
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	<title>Breathing life back into deflated world</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/analysis/100021054-1-breathing-life-back-deflated-world.html</link>
	<pubDate>10 Nov 2008 02:25:39 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>WASHINGTON, Nov 9 - Remember inflation? Just four months ago, soaring commodity costs were the biggest economic worry as oil raced to a record high. Now the buzz word is deflation, and that is altering...
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	<title>U.S. deflation fears surface, putting Fed on alert</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/analysis/100014102-1-u.s.-deflation-fears-surface%252C-putting.html</link>
	<pubDate>20 Oct 2008 00:46:28 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Plunging commodity prices could drag U.S. inflation below zero next year and the Federal Reserve will have to stay alert to the risk of a damaging deflation that could erode the economy even if it worries that low interest rates could spark inflation over the longer term.	</description>
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	<title>Deflation May Be Next Threat </title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/finance/100008929-1-deflation-may-next-threat.html</link>
	<pubDate>6 Oct 2008 02:01:46 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>The deflation scenario might go like this: Banks worldwide, stung by $588 billion in writedowns related to toxic assets -- especially mortgage-related securities -- will further reduce the flow of credit, strangling...	</description>
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	<title>JGBs flat; yen, stocks eyed as deflation deepens</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100178989-1-jgbs-flat%253B-yen%252C-stocks-eyed.html</link>
	<pubDate>29 Sep 2009 02:36:41 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>TOKYO, Sept 29 - Japanese government bonds were little changed on Tuesday as the market took a breather after the previous day's gains, with a bounce by the Nikkei stock average from a two-month low...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 2-Japan deflation deepens, weak demand hitting prices</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100178965-1-update-2-japan-deflation-deepens%252C-weak.html</link>
	<pubDate>29 Sep 2009 02:20:18 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>TOKYO, Sept 29 - Japanese core consumer prices fell a record 2.4 percent in August from a year earlier...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 1-Japan Hayashi: need easy policy due to deflation risk</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100164634-1-update-1-japan-hayashi%253A-need-easy.html</link>
	<pubDate>1 Sep 2009 01:59:05 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>TOKYO, Sept 1 - Japan may need to maintain an accommodative monetary policy for some time...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 2-Japan deflation, unemployment hit records</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100163156-1-update-2-japan-deflation%252C-unemployment-hit.html</link>
	<pubDate>28 Aug 2009 01:33:01 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Nationwide core CPI falls 2.2 pct in year to July * Fall widens in core-core CPI, excluding energy and food * Jobless rate hits record high, household spending falls * Further BOJ action unlikely...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 1-Japan deflation, unemployment hit records</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100163094-1-update-1-japan-deflation%252C-unemployment-hit.html</link>
	<pubDate>28 Aug 2009 00:30:52 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Nationwide core CPI falls 2.2 pct in year to July * Fall widens in core-core CPI, excluding energy and food * Jobless rate hits record high, household spending falls (Adds details, background) TOKYO, Aug...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 6-BOJ says deflation could persist; keeps rates steady</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100152957-1-update-6-boj-says-deflation-could.html</link>
	<pubDate>11 Aug 2009 08:11:48 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* BOJ keeps call rate target at 0.1 pct as expected * BOJ: CPI falls accelerating; to slow later this fiscal year * Shirakawa repeats no risk of deflationary spiral (Recasts headline, first paragraph) TOKYO,...	</description>
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	<title>BOJ's Shirakawa: no risk of Japan deflation spiral</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100152917-1-boj%2527s-shirakawa%253A-risk-japan-deflation.html</link>
	<pubDate>11 Aug 2009 07:29:58 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>TOKYO, Aug 11 - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Tuesday that he saw no risk of Japan slipping into a deflationary spiral. The Bank of Japan's low interest rates and measures to...	</description>
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	<title>TOPWRAP 2-UK's Brown talks of action, deflation stalks Japan</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100076301-1-topwrap-2-uk%2527s-brown-talks-action%252C.html</link>
	<pubDate>27 Mar 2009 07:03:42 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Japan consumer inflation stalls as demand wanes * UK must not rule out action to boost growth - Brown * Obama to meet bank CEOs to discuss crisis * Korean GDP revised higher, signs...	</description>
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	<title>Treasuries Prove Irresistible as Deflation Bet Trumps Paulson </title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/finance/100006627-1-treasuries-prove-irresistible-deflation-bet.html</link>
	<pubDate>22 Sep 2008 01:02:40 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>When that country's real estate bubble burst, leaving a trail of bad real estate loans, officials flooded the economy with cash only to see banks hoard the money instead of lending it out...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 3-Japan govt says BOJ asleep in deflation row</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100205515-1-update-3-japan-govt-says-boj.html</link>
	<pubDate>24 Nov 2009 07:45:04 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Government, BOJ in fight over how to tackle deflation * Cabinet minister: 'BOJ asleep at the wheel' * Economists say options for govt, BOJ are limited (Adds details on BOJ policy) TOKYO, Nov 24...	</description>
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