Question

For the years of 1995-2004, the U.S. experienced:

A. deflation
B. inflation
C. both inflation and deflation
D. Neither inflation or deflation

Answer 1

what do you think

Answer 2

what is your guess

Answer 3

hold on let me get the chart

Answer 4

hmm 95 to 2004
I recall... it so.. I don't think it was an inflated economy though

I think there was even a surplus
thus I'd say deflation, but you can check in wikipedia

Answer 5

hmmm ... .actually hold the mayo

after 2001 there was a dot-com bust
and that was a bad one.... and that was in 2001 and lasted a few years

Answer 6

I think the answer is both inflation and deflation

Answer 7

es me to

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

mee to

Answer 10

because in 1995 it was 152.5 and 1996 it went up 1569 and went down again but did not go up anymore

Answer 11

@jdoe0001 what do you think?

Answer 12

if you notice the CPI
from 95 to 99
it has jumps of roughly 4 points

from 99 to 72 it has a jump of about 6
and after that, it jumps 5 or more

Answer 13

incidently enough... I happen to recall back then =)
when clinton left office, there was a surplus in the economy

after 2001, there was a big bust

Answer 14

so what would you choose based on the chart?

Answer 15

well.... inflation only

hmm the CPI is never really going down
is just a matter of how bad it was
before 1999, it increased

since the prices of goods change by a higher unit

Answer 16

clearly YoY inflation, with no real steer from the data on MoM or QoQ.

the dotcom bust in isolation would most likely have contributed to inflation, and in some time delayed manner.