Look up: deflation

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   Deflation
   Deflation Is the economic and financial phenomenon which represents declining prices particularly for goods and services. It can occur in countries with strengthening currencies. Here, the cost of imports would tend to decline. It can also occur in countries which are experiencing depressed economic conditions. At such times of declining output, sales of assets generate considerable downside pressure on prices. Deflation can be viewed in monetary terms when the money supply is constracting to su...
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   Deflation
   The removal of loose material from a beach or other land surface by wind action.
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   Deflation
   A reduction in national income and output.
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   Deflation
   A general price decline during which consumer spending is substantially curtailed, bank loans contract and the amount of money in circulation is reduced. It is the opposite of inflation and generally applies to more than just a temporary decline.
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   Deflation
   Usually a depressive slowdown in the rise or fall in prices and accompanied by a decline in economic output and a rise in unemployment.
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   deflation
   [n] - (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind 2. [n] - a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices 3. [n] - the act of letting the air out of something
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   Deflation
   When the value of an item (e.g. property) goes down in value.
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   Deflation
   A decline in the general level of prices in the economy.
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   Deflation
   An economic situation in which there is a general fall in the level of... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/deflation.htm?id=389&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of deflation'>more</a>
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    Deflation
    Negative inflation. Most likely in particular industries or during recessions....more on Deflation
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    deflation
    In economics, a reduction in the level of economic activity, usually caused by an increase in interest rates and reduction in the money supply, increased taxation, or a...
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    deflation
    A general fall in price levels. Often caused by a reduction in the supply of money or credit, or by a reduction in spending by government or consumers. A fall in the price of one particular type of good is not deflation. Opposite of inflation
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    deflation
    the complete removal of loose material by the wind,leaving the rocks bare to the continuous attack of the weather Category: The cosmos • a decline in prices associated with a contraction in the supply of money and credit and accompanied by a decline in output and rise in unemployment Category: Economics • blowing away of the finer soil components or parent soil material fro...
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    deflation
    noun the act of letting the air out of something
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    deflation
    noun a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices
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    Deflation
    `Deflation` is the opposite of inflation. Deflation is the loss of money in the available money supply. For economists especially, the term has been and is sometimes used to refer to a decrease in `the size of the money supply` (as `a proximate cause` of the decrease in the general price level). The latter is now more often referred to as a 'contraction' of the money supply. During deflation the demand for liquidity goes up, in preference to good...
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    deflation
    (from the article `Economic Affairs`) Although deflation persisted, it was on a downward trend. The core inflation rate (excluding fresh food but not energy products) fell 0.1% in the ... ...result in growth responses in the complementary sectors. The relation of inflation to economic growth and investment is an important though ... ...
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    deflation
    (from the article `respiration`) ...stored within the elastic tissues of the lungs, just as energy is stored in a stretched rubber band. The conversion of this stored, or potential, ...
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    deflation
    in geology, erosion by wind of loose material from flat areas of dry, uncemented sediments such as those occurring in deserts, dry lake beds, ... [1 related articles]
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    Deflation
    A fall in the general level of prices. Unlikely unless the rate of inflation is already low, it may then be due either to a surge in productivity or, less favorably, to a recession.
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    Deflation
    Process where wind erosion creates blowout depressions or deflation hollows by removing and transporting sediment and soil.
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    Deflation
    A decline in the general price level of goods and services that results in increased purchasing power of money. The opposite of inflation
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    deflation
    A decline in general price levels, often caused by a reduction in the supply of money or credit. Deflation can also be brought about by direct contractions in spending, either in the form of a reduction in government spending, personal spending or investment spending. Deflation has often had the side effect of increasing unemployment in an economy,…
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    deflation
    A downward movement in the average level of prices.…
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    deflation
    A fall in the general level of prices. Also sometimes used, incorrectly, to mean a fall in GNP or an increase in unemployment.…
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