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reflate, v.|riːˈfleɪt|
[f. re- 5 a after deflate v. 3, inflate v. 4.]
a. absol. To raise the pressure of demand (in an economy) after a period of falling pressure. Also trans., to expand (the money supply or the flow of expenditure) or raise (prices) after a period of contraction or reduction.
b. intr. for pass. Of an economy: to be affected by or subject to reflation. Hence reˈflating vbl. n.
1932Sun (Baltimore) 12 Apr. 10/2 There are plenty of ways to inflate or ‘reflate’ without putting the Federal Government $2,000,000,000 more into debt to accomplish the purpose. 1939Ibid. 18 Dec. 13/6 The Administration was pleased to see farm prices on the rise for the New Deal dedicated a large part of its recovery promotion energies to schemes for ‘reflating’ commodity quotations. 1958Engineering 21 Mar. 354/2 The rest of the world is afraid that the American determination not to reflate is going to start a deflation abroad. 1960Economist 15 Oct. 220/2 Britain's present poor export performance makes it imperative that we should not reflate too early. 1966Daily Tel. 2 Nov. 1/1 It is not a sign that the Government has begun to reflate the economy to halt unemployment and start industrial production moving forward. 1971Ibid. 10 Sept. 19 The banks have ‘saved’ {pstlg}600 million and..the authorities will probably want a substantial slice of it locked up again in case the economy reflates too fast again. a1974R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 134 If we wait until the officials tell us it's wise to reflate, the results won't show for years ahead and we'd have no prospect of winning the election. 1975Washington Post 31 Aug. c7/4 The French and Germans are now having to reflate their economies by massive government expenditures. 1979Dædalus Spring 43 Governments are..taking pains not to reflate the economy enough to wipe out unemployment for fear of rekindling inflation and a balance of payments crisis. |