Inflation is no easy adversary for investors to hedge against, though the Fed has tools at its disposal. Deflation is the dread of the Fed, yet individuals have a clear and easy form of protection.

Everyone’s heard about inflation and how everything’s becoming unaffordable — but few are aware of “deflation” and its equally negative impact on our finances. According to experts, deflation — ...

LONDON (Reuters) - With the U.S., Japan and Britain -- nearly 40 percent of the global economy -- facing the threat of deflation, it's going to be just too easy for one, two or all three of them to ...

Central bankers are fighting an uphill battle against the forces of deflation. Flatlining consumer prices and plunging commodity costs are sapping the potency of near-zero interest rates and driving ...

On Wednesday, Fed Chairman Bernanke hinted he would not stand and watch while deflation became an obstacle to the "recovery." Bernanke's previous economic predictions, like predictions of many other ...

TOKYO—Japan’s new prime minister pledged to aim for a complete exit from deflation and asked the Bank of Japan to maintain accommodative monetary conditions. “We will keep close cooperation [with the ...

Japan not yet in a situation of having exited deflation; path to defeating deflation has been slowed by cheap oil; govt has not considered changing accord with BOJ; Better get used to the cheaper oil ...