Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Downward movement of inflated prices to a more normal level.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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
- n. a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments
Etymologies
- dis- + inflation (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
The Washington Post: How a touch of inflation could boost the economy
“If the TARP and the TALF don't work or the stress tests show that the balance sheets of the banks are worse than the market thinks, then there could be a further contraction and short term disinflation or deflation.”
“What we've had is "disinflation" -- a drop of inflation.”
“Economists at Banco Santander said the economic slowdown and the government's policies won't be enough to produce significant disinflation, which is a slowing of inflation's pace.”
“In the past, credit crises have been associated not with inflation but deflation, in which prices don't just rise less rapidly -- that's called disinflation -- but actually fall.”
The Wall Street Journal: Few Good Scenarios in View as Crisis Spreads
“The deceleration, also called disinflation, is different from the persistent decline in costs that economists call deflation.”
“With disinflation, which is a slowing of the rate that prices increase, and deflation -- a more dangerous situation in which there's a general decrease in prices over a longer period of time.”
“With disinflation, which is a slowing of the rate that prices increase, and deflation - a more dangerous situation in which there's a general decrease in prices over a longer period of time.”
“The slide for oil and other commodity prices suggests a "disinflation" process is under way, as the falloff in demand from consumers and commercial interests world-wide overshadows questions of supply, driving prices down.”
The Wall Street Journal: Starbucks and AmEx Lead Stocks' Decline
“Finally we have disinflation which is the slowdown in the rate of inflation or the downward movement of prices in general.”
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