Deflation scare is losing air; Advisers, investors no longer concerned.(News) From: Investment News | Date: September 1, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Brooke Southall

Fears of deflation have been deflated.

Investors - virtually in a matter of weeks - have forgotten about the threat of deflation, and financial advisers are crossing it off their list of worries.

"It appears that the deflation-is-dead camp has won,'' says Keith B. Hembre, director of economic research for U.S. Bancorp Asset Management Inc. in Minneapolis. "It's a crowd psychology kind of thing.''

A survey by the ...