It seems that not everyone is ready to join the deflation-first, then-inflation camp I am currently resident in. So in this week's article we look at some of the causes of deflation, the elements of deflation, if you will, and see if they are in ascendancy.

John Maulding thinks the Debt Supercycle is ending. What is that?

Employment may no longer be just a lagging indicator but may also be predictive. It is an interesting insight, which we will explore as we take a very deep look at US employment.

There's a reason economics is called the dismal science, and weeks like this just give it further meaning. In economics, there is what you see and what you don't. This week we are going to examine the headline data we all see and then take a look for what most observers do not see.

This week we look at what the leading indicators are telling us, size up a new indicator, drop in on banking data, and do a whole lot more.

The levels of fiscal deficits are unsustainable and threaten to bring many countries to the desperate situation that Greece now finds itself in.

Is the US in a "V"-shaped recovery?  Are we returning to the old normal?  A great deal hinges on the answer, and this week we look at some of the evidence before us.

Economists and policy makers seem to want to believe impossible things in regards to the current debt crisis percolating throughout the world.  And believing in them, they are adopting policies that will result in tragedy.

Everywhere there are arguments that we are in a "V"-shaped recovery. And there are signs that in fact that is the case. Today we will look at some of those, and then take up the topic of when the Fed will raise rates.