deflation
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Until recently the country had experienced very low inflation or deflation - falling prices - for around three decades.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
An unspoken sense of human deflation is at work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Overall public debt is the equivalent of around 200% of GDP, the highest among major economies after decades of deficit spending to combat deflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Despite facing above-target inflation, the Bank of Japan has been careful about raising interest rates after decades of battling the opposite risk: deflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
I follow the same tortured trajectory over and over—from my rush of disbelieving joy to my crashing deflation.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Vocabulary lists containing deflation
Economics
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Economics I
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American History - Middle School
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