Christensen, Jens H.E.; Lopez, Jose A.; Rudebusch, Glenn D. - In: International Journal of Central Banking 8 (2012) 4, pp. 21-60
We construct probability forecasts for episodes of price deflation (i.e., a falling price level) using yields on nominal and real U.S. Treasury bonds. The deflation probability forecasts identify two “deflation scares” during the past decade: a mild one following the 2001 recession and a...