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Japan heading for deflation again

Inflation fears are rapidly being replaced by the very real chance of deflation in all the major economies. Indeed, we now expect Japanese inflation to turn negative again next year, averaging minus 0.5%. (The consensus is still plus 1.0%.) But in this case a brief period of falling prices will actually help the economy to recover.

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