deflation
US /dɪˈfleʃən/
・UK /ˌdi:ˈfleɪʃn/
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n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)When prices of good/service fall instead of rising
The deflation of oil is good for car owners
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A decrease in the general price level of goods and services in an economy.
Deflation can discourage spending and investment.
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)The act of releasing air or gas from something, such as a tire or balloon.
The deflation of the tires made the car difficult to control.
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)The act of reducing someone's ego or confidence.
His constant criticism led to a deflation of her ego.
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Why can’t prices just stay the same?
- That's called deflation.
That's called deflation.
- Which is really hard to fix because governments don't have the same ability to respond to deflation as they do to inflation.
Which is really hard to fix because governments don't have the same ability to respond to deflation as they do to inflation.
The legacy of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is resigning due to illness
- Economically, Abenomics lowered interest rates, increased spending, and pulled the economy out of deflation, but it achieved only modest success.
Economically, Abenomics lowered interest rates, increased spending, and pulled the economy out of deflation, but it achieved only modest success.
- and pulled the economy out of deflation, but it achieved only modest success.
and pulled the economy out of deflation, but it achieved only modest success.
Why Car Ownership Is Getting So Expensive | CNBC Marathon
- Even though inflation is coming down, we're not in a period of deflation.
Even though inflation is coming down, we're not in a period of deflation.
- Even though inflation is coming down, we're not in a period of deflation.
Even though inflation is coming down, we're not in a period of deflation.
Why Japan is Preparing To Crash the US economy
- If you look at the inflation rate in Japan, since 1995, you will see a very clear trend that inflation in Japan was negative, which means that it's a deflation, which means that prices are going down.
If you look at the inflation rate in Japan, since 1995, you will see a very clear trend that inflation in Japan was negative, which means that it's a deflation, which means that prices are going down.
- Because when there is deflation, when prices are going down, there is less economic activity in financial terms, so the overall economy shrunk since then.
Because when there is deflation, when prices are going down, there is less economic activity in financial terms, so the overall economy shrunk since then.
How Americans Are Paying For Vacation
- But a rising consumer debt can lead to a hard pullback in spending, which can cause what's called deflation.
But a rising consumer debt can lead to a hard pullback in spending, which can cause what's called deflation.
- Deflation is just generally associated with not just recessions, but deep recessions in the economy.
Deflation is just generally associated with not just recessions, but deep recessions in the economy.
Something’s Going Seriously Wrong in United States
- For example, if we increase the camera, but the price of iPhone stayed the same, then that's what we call deflation.
For example, if we increase the camera, but the price of iPhone stayed the same, then that's what we call deflation.
- For example, if we increase the camera but the price of iPhone stayed the same, then that's what we call deflation.
For example, if we increase the camera but the price of iPhone stayed the same, then that's what we call deflation.
What’s Coming is Worse Than 1929 Depression, It Will Last For Decades
- Or if they improved the car but kept the cost the same, based on the CPI report, we had a deflation.
Or if they improved the car but kept the cost the same, based on the CPI report, we had a deflation.
- If Apple comes up with the new iPhone, and the price of iPhone is the same as the previous year at a thousand dollars, but it has a better camera, based on the CPI report, we had a deflation and the real price of iPhone has actually dropped.
If Apple comes up with the new iPhone, and the price of iPhone is the same as the previous year at a thousand dollars, but it has a better camera, based on the CPI report, we had a deflation and the real price of iPhone has actually dropped.
When Money Is Corrupted - Hidden Secrets Of Money Ep 5 - Mike Maloney
- I think we're going into a deflation, so they're trying to stave off deflation right now by printing their way out of it.
I think we're going into a deflation, so they're trying to stave off deflation right now by printing their way out of it.
- We're going into a deflation, though, of the credit money, the voodoo hocus-pocus currency that the banks just type into the computer.
We're going into a deflation, though, of the credit money, the voodoo hocus-pocus currency that the banks just type into the computer.
Get Ready For The Collapse of Germany
- Back in the late 1980s and 90s, when the Japanese economy has collapsed, it was going through a deflation.
Back in the late 1980s and 90s, when the Japanese economy has collapsed, it was going through a deflation.
- It was going through a deflation, it was in a recession, it wasn't growing at all.
It was going through a deflation, it was in a recession, it wasn't growing at all.
Why Trump’s US-Japan trade deal is a DISASTER
- Japan has been going through a deflation where prices are falling down.
Japan has been going through a deflation where prices are falling down.
- Japan has been going through a deflation where prices are falling down.
Japan has been going through a deflation where prices are falling down.