All we need to do to switch bitcoin
from a deflationary into an inflationary currency or to move in the other direction and just split Satoshis further into even smaller parts is change the source code.
A coin that lets Oracle Masternode operators profit, first from providing network security and betting service, and second
from a deflationary economy.
That is one of the great lessons we must learn
from this deflationary crisis.
Switzerland will probably feel more pressure
from its deflationary problems after last year's decision to de-peg the Swiss Franc from the euro, which caused the franc to soar.
Not exact matches
«The current bull market is not going to end simply because «stocks have gone up too much»... The buyside is fairly cautious, seeing downside stemming
from: (i)
deflationary pressures of the 40 % year - over-year oil decline, deceleration in China, Eurozone weakness, and the fall in 5 - year inflation breakevens; and (ii) Fed monetary tightening... Capital stock is again showing signs of pent - up demand, and as a consequence, companies and households will have to invest.
Finally, some of the observations above re the
deflationary bias suggest that interest rates may well be too low when we hit the next recession to give the Fed much of a perch to climb down
from.
It is important to realize that QE was an emergency measure used to stimulate the economy and prevent it
from tumbling into a
deflationary spiral.
And so whenever I say
deflationary force, what I'm saying is that when you look at interest rates
from 1980 to really 1981 until we're where we're at today.
Conditions in the economy are tighter now than in the aftermath of the Asian crisis, the
deflationary impulse
from Asian producers is no longer present and world commodity prices are rising.
(
From «It Never Rains in California,» 6/15)-- Stan Druckenmiller: «The Fed keeps talking about deflation, but there is nothing more
deflationary than creating a phony asset bubble, having a bunch of investors plow into it and having it pop....
Bad, sure, but what with the tolls and fees going
from the pockets of spenders to the pockets of private - sector savers, it could well be
deflationary or neutral.
While this sounds like monetary madness, it should be remembered that Ben Bernanke, former Chair of the US Federal Reserve, urged such action on the Japanese government a decade ago to deal with that country's
deflationary crisis, and referenced Milton Friedman's argument that a central bank financed stimulus via a «helicopter drop» of money could have saved the United States
from the Great Depression.
The result was an end to
deflationary expectations, leading to the most impressive swing the country has ever seen
from horrible contraction to rapid growth.
From early May to mid June, domestic bond yields followed global yields lower on concerns about potential
deflationary pressures in the US and related expectations of easier monetary policy abroad and in Australia.
Deflationary pressures persist, though the GDP deflator suggests that they have lessened, with the year - ended rate of deflation easing
from 1.7 per cent in the June quarter to 0.4 per cent in the December quarter.
The central bank has been under pressure
from Japan's new government to take more aggressive steps to fight the country's long
deflationary slump.
As one private equity investor points out, protecting under - performing sectors might have been wise in
deflationary times (to keep unemployment
from ballooning) though as reflation returns the need for productivity to restrain costs could present an argument for reform in the worst - performing sectors.
The mechanisms of this international capitalist recession, the latest of which, to date, some would like to see as the first crisis of world capitalism, are well known: contraction in production and trade;
deflationary trends; massive growth in the volume of loans accumulated by international banks on countries or on the major industrial and banking groups, loans which become transformed into irrecoverable debts; brutal capital withdrawals
from countries by the major financial operators, which live
from the revenue
from parasitical investments in bonds, shares and other derivatives.
That doesn't mean that an economic recession or a
deflationary scare can not drive bond yields still lower, but it is important to notice that investors are already starting
from a very low base.
Many experts are now shifting their sites
from fears over inflation to a
deflationary environment.
A growing number of governments have decided to diverge
from the legacy fossil fuel power generation, and this rampant,
deflationary trend around renewables will give economic credence to this decision.
To be sure, there were many factors behind the split:
from the differing incentives between startups and other factions of the community to bitcoin's
deflationary nature and rapid price appreciation.
Through the execution of a fork, Ethereum Classic altered its monetary policy
from an inflationary policy to
deflationary, implementing a fixed supply that is similar to that of Bitcoin.
From Bitcoin Wiki; «A
deflationary spiral occurs when the value of a currency, relative to the goods in an economy, increases continually as a result of hoarding.
When we reach 21 million Bitcoins, the cryptocurrency will be
deflationary — meaning that if you buy 1 Bitcoin today at $ 3,000, that same coin will be worth much more in 3, 5, 10, or 20 years
from now.
These include sizable volatility of the price of Bitcoins, uncertain security
from theft and fraud, and a long - term
deflationary bias that encourages the hoarding of Bitcoins.»