A regular feature of Japanese economic life is disinflation or falling prices.
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The Volcker disinflation ushered in what many of us call the Great Moderation.
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The question is what the intensity of disinflation will be for the period in question.
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Most countries are seeing rapidly falling inflation rates, also known as disinflation.
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More likely, they're experiencing substantial, yet temporary, disinflation.
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And why disinflation efforts have costs, particularly in short-term output?
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Steady disinflation from the early 1980s inevitably compressed short rates.
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To the extent that this helps contain global disinflation, it is helpful.
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A recession often leads to low inflation or disinflation, favoring fixed-income assets.
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A reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments
Disinflation is a decrease in the rate of inflation u2013 a slowdown in the rate of increase of the general price level of goods and services in a nation's gross domestic product over time. It is the opposite of reflation. Disinflation occurs when the increase in the u201Cconsumer price levelu201D slows down from the previous period when the prices were rising.
A slowdown in the rate of price increases. Disinflation occurs during a recession, when sales drop and retailers are unable to pass higher prices along to consumers.
Deliberate attempt by a government or central bank to arrest an inflationary trend in the economy by decreasing the money supply or raising interest rates.
(p. 53) A condition where price increases are slowing (the inflation rate is declining).
Disinflation refers to lowering of prices through anti-inflationary measures without causing unemployment and reduction in output.
A declining rate of inflation. Analysts are predicting modest disinflation in the U.S. in 2002.