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To: Enigma who wrote (32693)4/28/1999 9:04:00 AM
From: Bobby Yellin  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 116753
 
govern't policy might dictate what CPI includes.. wagging the dog again..



To: Enigma who wrote (32693)4/28/1999 11:28:00 AM
From: long-gone  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116753
 
<<- in theory - but in practice the purchaser may hold off buying in anticipation of even lower prices and may not buy at all?>>
In some cases, perhaps. in others Wrong! If that were true, In hard times there would be fewer rather than more hot checks written to grocery stores & hospital emergency rooms. Some things must be bought - no matter the cost.



To: Enigma who wrote (32693)4/28/1999 3:44:00 PM
From: Zardoz  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116753
 
>>"...deflation increases consumer purchasing power"
>- in theory - but in practice the purchaser may hold off buying in anticipation of even lower prices and may not buy at all?

Which in itself fuels further deflation.


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