Comments on: Are you prepared for stagflation? http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/are-you-prepared-for-stagflation.html Financial independence, frugality, self-sufficiency, ecology, capitalism, and voluntary simplicity Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:50:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Simplicity in Kansas http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/are-you-prepared-for-stagflation.html#comment-332 Simplicity in Kansas Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:05:35 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/are-you-prepared-for-stagflation.html#comment-332 Agree with the recession comment for sure. I have been thinking and blogging the same concern for a while on the economy. I do view the economy will be in for a downturn that is not a 'soft landing' as so many pundits were claiming the past 12 months. As far as stagflation, unemployment is increasing and if ones takes out the spin of the BLS (Bureau of Labor Stats) of people who have stop looking for a job or structural un-employed, the real un-employment number is higher. I have not done the math as of late yet think it places 1 percent on the rate of unemployed or a little more which is a huge number. I am concerned about stagflation given the deceleration of asset values that have been inflated the past several years. Agree with the recession comment for sure. I have been thinking and blogging the same concern for a while on the economy. I do view the economy will be in for a downturn that is not a ’soft landing’ as so many pundits were claiming the past 12 months. As far as stagflation, unemployment is increasing and if ones takes out the spin of the BLS (Bureau of Labor Stats) of people who have stop looking for a job or structural un-employed, the real un-employment number is higher. I have not done the math as of late yet think it places 1 percent on the rate of unemployed or a little more which is a huge number. I am concerned about stagflation given the deceleration of asset values that have been inflated the past several years.

]]> By: DNA http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/are-you-prepared-for-stagflation.html#comment-324 DNA Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:36:17 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/are-you-prepared-for-stagflation.html#comment-324 Fortunately, the Japanese have had savings rates that have ranged from 3.1% to over 10% during the years when the Nikkei stagnated, so they'll have something to fall back on. Meanwhile, in the U.S....savings went negative. Fortunately, the Japanese have had savings rates that have ranged from 3.1% to over 10% during the years when the Nikkei stagnated, so they’ll have something to fall back on. Meanwhile, in the U.S….savings went negative.

]]> By: fathersez http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/are-you-prepared-for-stagflation.html#comment-315 fathersez Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:54:08 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/are-you-prepared-for-stagflation.html#comment-315 THis is powerful stuff, ERE. I think many of the readers of blogs may not remember the days when the yen reined supreme and the classy business magazines were quoting eminent investment bankers that the Nikkei would go to, I don't remember, 50 or 70K. And a sq. ft in Tokyo could buy a couple of acres in NYC, maybe a little exagerated. Now the Nikkei looks so depressing. The scenario you have painted reminds me of Ravi Batra's "The Depression of 1990". THis is powerful stuff, ERE.

I think many of the readers of blogs may not remember the days when the yen reined supreme and the classy business magazines were quoting eminent investment bankers that the Nikkei would go to, I don’t remember, 50 or 70K.

And a sq. ft in Tokyo could buy a couple of acres in NYC, maybe a little exagerated.

Now the Nikkei looks so depressing.

The scenario you have painted reminds me of Ravi Batra’s “The Depression of 1990″.

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