Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A marked deceleration in the rate of inflation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

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  • noun economics A decrease in the inflation rate.
  • noun economics Deflation

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

  • noun a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments

Etymologies

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dis- +‎ inflation

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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.

    How a touch of inflation could boost the economy 2010

  • "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.

    How a touch of inflation could boost the economy 2010

  • 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.

    US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha 2009

  • What we've had is "disinflation" -- a drop of inflation.

    The Specter Of Deflation 2008

  • 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.

    Brazil Raises Inflation Forecast Gerald Jeffris 2011

  • 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.

    Few Good Scenarios in View as Crisis Spreads 2008

  • 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.

    Winnipeg Sun 2009

  • 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.

    Market News 2009

  • The deceleration, also called disinflation, is different from the persistent decline in costs that economists call deflation.

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

  • 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.

    Starbucks and AmEx Lead Stocks' Decline 2008

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