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deflation

[dih-fley-shuhn] / dɪˈfleɪ ʃən /


NOUN
depreciation
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STRONGEST






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Tsunami or glacier, Japan’s unique household savings pool will be in play if the decades of deflation are really over.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Influenced by then Fed Governor Ben Bernanke, Greenspan became preoccupied with the risk of deflation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

"After twenty years of deflation, Japan is now in an inflationary upcycle," Japan economist Jesper Koll told the BBC.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

A zero-percent target would leave little room for error, as even a minor shock could result in deflation, or falling prices, arguably as bad an outcome, or worse, than inflation.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

The deflation would get faster and faster, the universe would get hotter and hotter, and it would eventually end in a backward big bang: the big crunch.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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