Generally, the Federal Reserve a lot of its time worrying about inflation. But lately, a very different fear is growing among some economists -- deflation could become a problem if prices begin to decline, since the Fed already has rates at near zero levels. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard has a new paper (.pdf) out worrying about this possibility. He was on CNBC this morning talking about the potential deflation problem. Here's a clip:
See three more video segments from this morning with Bullard on CNBC here, here, and here.
Daniel Indiviglio was an associate editor at The Atlantic from 2009 through 2011. He is now the Washington, D.C.-based columnist for Reuters Breakingviews. He is also a 2011 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow through the Phillips Foundation.