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Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

For sure, lower energy prices are transitory - cheap oil will eventually cure cheap oil. The question is how long this transitory phase is: Would cheap oil be cheap long enough to turn already easing inflation expectations into outright deflation expectations?

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