Nov 20th, 2008 · As central banks continue to slash interest rates almost to zero, prices can plummet. It creates a liquidity trap, as it did in the 1930s and in Japan during the 1990s. Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff outlines what deflation could mean for modern America.
Sep 16th, 2008 · How could defaults among a relatively small portion of the overall mortgage market precipitate one of the worst banking crises in modern American memory? Kenneth Rogoff, former chief economist of the IMF and a professor of economics at Harvard University, offers his insight.
Apr 12th, 2008 · While the United States worries about a potential recession, the rest of the world is dealing with inflation. Kenneth Rogoff, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, discusses why inflation now looms large for the U.S. economy.