Americanization of global finance (cont.)

[Doug Henwood]

Michael Pollak wrote:


>I have a question.  What has Japan's inflation or deflation rate been for
>the last couple years?  Is it changing at all?

1980s  2.1%
1991   3.3
1992   1.7
1993   1.2
1994   0.7
1995  -0.1
1996   0.1
1997   1.7
1998   0.6
1999  -0.1 (July)