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Disinflation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Downward movement of inflated prices to a more normal level.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A decrease in the inflation rate.

n. Deflation

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a reduction in the rate of price increases; a lessening of inflationary pressure.

n. a reduction of the value of a currency in international exchange markets caused by a government; -- usually done as a means to improve the country's international balance of payments.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments

Word Usage

""While no member saw an appreciable risk of deflation, some judged that the risk of further near-term disinflation had increased somewhat," according to minutes of the Fed's Aug. 10 policy meeting."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

economic process

Form

disinflationary

Rhyme

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