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The Relationship Between Deflation And Mortgage Rates

Posted on February 3, 2009
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With both consumption and household income down last month, it's as good a time as any to rerun this graphic from November. That Great American Penny-Pinch is making deflation as real a threat to the economy as inflation is.

The difference, though, is that deflation can be good for mortgage rates. Inflation rarely is.

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