Mohamed El-Erian deflation risk at 25%

Mohamed A. El-Erian, chief executive officer at Pimco Pacific Investment Management Co., said last week the possibility of deflation and a recession in the U.S. is 25 percent.El-Erian helps run the world's biggest bond fund with more than $1 trillion in assets under management.
"Structural problems need structural solutions" “Forget about being hostage to mindsets that are very cyclical and look broader, because there are some major structural changes -- there’s some major realignment both at the national level and at the global level,” Mohamed El-Erian Told Bloomberg in a radio interview on Aug. 13, 2010 “We should not over-depend on the Fed,” he added. “The Fed does not have enough instruments for what we’re looking at. You need other agencies to get involved. We’re not getting any structural solutions.”




Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Mohammed El-Erian, chief executive officer and co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co., discusses Federal Reserve monetary policy. El-Erian, speaking with Tom Keene and Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Surveillance," also discusses deflation and the outlook for the U.S. economy. (This report is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)