The indicators of the production of GDP are re-valued at constant prices with the doubledeflation method where the value added at constant prices is the difference between the value of output and the value of intermediate consumption at constant prices.
Short-term interest rates did give the company some relief in the quarter, but with renewed fears of double dip and deflation starting to rear its ugly head, interest rates may remain low for an extended period.
With all the talk about deflation, double-dip recession, housing troubles and unemployment, it has increasingly become difficult to find Wall Street bulls.