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- noun Plural form of
deflationist .
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Examples
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So … the "deflationists" who don't believe inflation is creeping all around us and ready to take our economy under, should pay attention here.
The Daily Reckoning 2010
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Most of my fellow 'deflationists' agree that this ultimately ends in inflation.
MoneyWeek RSS - All 2010
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So far, the "deflationists", those who feared the credit crunch would result in a depression, have had the upper hand.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Yes, it is a bit hard to reconcile the behaivor of the CCI with what "deflationists" are touting right now. hfyt A Grim Week for the "V" Crowd.
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The entire piece is well worth a look, particularly the discussion of nine counterpoints, one or more of which have "deflationists" so excited at the moment:
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2009
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'deflationists' at important turning points, as long as the secular trend remains intact.
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'deflationists' appear on the scene after the market began eating credit for breakfast, lunch and dinner, I think it is time to at least look into the subject a little more closely now that the lonely few, led by
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008
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[This last bit is a hazardous passage to leave as it is … 'deflationists' claim the trillions of dollar worth of 'funny money' being pumped into the capital markets are being
Conceptual Guerilla - Central Command in the War of Ideas 2008
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The unrelenting growth of the Fed's balance sheet, increasing monetary aggregates, surging gold and commodity prices, $100 barrel oil, soaring food prices and the projected trillions of dollars of new debt that must be printed in the future have served to vanquish the deflationists.
Michael Pento: Interest Rates Are On The Launching Pad Michael Pento 2011
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If we're talking about the next 5 to 10 years, the deflationists don't think so.
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