deflation
Example Sentences
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“Old habits die hard,” said Robin Xing, Morgan Stanley’s chief China economist, who expects deflation in the country to continue at least through this year.
They worried it could turn into deflation, a major scourge of the economy during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
From MarketWatch
They worried it could turn into deflation, a major scourge of the economy during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
From MarketWatch
While Japan was long haunted by deflation, it has more recently faced a surge in living costs and a chronically weak yen that has made imports more expensive.
From Barron's
Years of deflation battered the yen and cut profits for Japanese companies.
From Barron's
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