deflation
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Measures unveiled in 2013 by then-prime minister Shinzo Abe -- and continued by successive governments -- were supposed to end a spiral of deflation that had plagued Japan for decades since the mid-1990s.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
Therein lies a key difference from Japan, which essentially remains "a convalescent trying to recover from decades of deflation", the economist said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
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
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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Economics
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