devaluation

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Devaluation of points and rewards can sometimes be tricky to detect.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2022

This is not to say UCB is responsible for issues across the industry but that it has a normalization effect: Devaluation at the ground floor, for instance, acclimates workers to devaluation elsewhere.

From Slate • Jun. 21, 2019

Devaluation of the yuan increases the value of the dollar, so it would discourage purchase of U.S. exports and encourage companies to buy less expensive Chinese products. 

From US News • Jan. 7, 2016

Devaluation made exports cheaper and imports more expensive.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2015

Devaluation of its Francophone   currency by 50% on 12 January 1994 sparked a one-time inflationary   surge, to 35%; the rate dropped to 6% in 1996.

From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency