DEFLATION


Meaning of DEFLATION in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

price

In the original neoclassical synthesis the practical relevance of a process of price deflation for establishing full employment was regarded as minimal.

Fierce price deflation , increased competition and rising costs have combined to depress profits.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Governments responded to the profits squeeze and loss of competitiveness by deflation and incomes policies.

In fact, because of deflation , the wages of those working actually went up, in effect.

Obviously a process of balanced deflation would entail no alteration of the real wage rate.

Phases of weathering, drying and deflation would lead to a steady deepening of the hollow.

The authorities have been struggling to deal with the problems of debt deflation for just over 11 years now.

The nominal stock of money, M 1, is assumed to remain unchanged in the face of balanced deflation .

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