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disinˈflation
[dis- 9.]
1. The reversal of inflation, e.g. of a balloon. Cf. deflation.
1880Daily News 22 Oct. 6/5 The grapnel having held fast in muddy ground, the disinflation process was executed..before the arrival of the lads, who were very serviceable to us for rolling the balloon.
2. The reversal of a state of monetary inflation; the return to a state of equilibrium from an inflationary state; a policy to check or reduce inflation. So disinˈflationary a.
1947Economist 22 Mar. 424/1 One test..of a dis-inflationary or at least a non-inflationary policy would be one which stopped the creation of additional money. 1948G. Crowther Outl. Money (ed. 2) iii. 108 In the course of the year 1947..it was necessary to find a word to describe a retreat from inflation which did not go so far as deflation; ‘disinflation’ was invented to serve the purpose. 1955Times 27 Aug. 7/5 This might make sense if we had heavy unemployment and a favourable trade balance, but it can hardly be expected to make an effective contribution to disinflation. 1957Ibid. 17 Dec. 14/3 A high Bank rate..although disinflationary in intent, will lose much of its effectiveness if it is not backed by price stability. |