How Japan could go from deflation to hyperinflation in a heartbeat
Abenomics was designed to attack long-standing Japanese deflation, but various international economists now say the biggest risk for the country comes from hyperinflation
By
MoneyBeat, The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday 24 July 2013 at 10:07
"Abenomics," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's much-ballyhooed program of economic stimulus and structural reform is designed to attack the longstanding problem of deflation.
Yet various international economists now say the biggest risk for Japan comes from its antithesis: hyperinflation.
