anti-inflationistn.adj.
Econ. and Polit.
A. n.
An advocate of economic policies designed to prevent or reduce inflation.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > states or trends of the economy > forecasters or advocates of
anti-inflationist1869
inflationist1876
reflationist1932
underconsumptionist1936
stagnationist1958
1869 Chicago Tribune 13 Dec. 2/3 Among the anti-inflationists (yeas) we find such Democrats as Brooks and Cox, of New York.
1932 Wall St. Jrnl. 30 June 5/1 Mr. Hoover is known abroad as an anti-inflationist.
1978 National Jrnl. 5 Aug. 1243/2 It's hard to pinpoint the arguments or the advisers who have persuaded Carter to follow a particular course, especially on issues where consumers and anti-inflationists are fighting for the same result.
2004 T. Cleaver Economics iv. 106 If governments firmly establish their credentials as hard-line anti-inflationists.., then their actions will swiftly impact on expectations and markets will clear straightaway.
B. adj.
That seeks or acts to prevent or reduce inflation.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [adjective] > relating to states or trends of the economy
anti-inflation1870
anti-inflationist1874
robust1886
static1890
recessionary1897
deflationary1920
inflationary1920
maximized1920
mature1928
recessional1929
anti-inflationary1932
reflationary1932
reflationist1932
Kondratieff1935
anti-cyclical1938
flatline1946
maximizing1949
stagnationist1951
countercyclical1952
recessed1956
recessive1971
stagflationary1971
flatlined1986
1874 Times 30 Apr. 9/1 The West was ‘inflationist’ and the East was ‘anti-inflationist’.
1952 Rev. Econ. & Statistics 32 235/2 It will be difficult to formulate hard and fast rules for anti-inflationist policies which are not potentially dangerous.
1977 O. Schell China (1978) iii. 267 After the robbery, I get decked by an incensed worker, who has been reborn in a whirlwind of anti-inflationist righteous wrath.
2002 E. Cohen in A. Pagden Idea of Europe xii. 261 Independent central banks (such as the American Fed) whose anti-inflationist performance was for long only mediocre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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