price deflation
noun[UorC]
ukusECONOMICS
areductioninpricesin theeconomyas awhole, or forparticulargoodsorservices:
Thegrocerychainreportedthat it isfeelingtheeffectsofpricedeflation.
Theclothingmarkethasseenapricedeflationof 2 to 3% ayear.
Examplesofprice deflation
price deflation
He famously quipped thatpricedeflationcan be fought by dropping money out of a helicopter.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The decreased money supply further aggravatedpricedeflation, putting further pressure on already struggling businesses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Businesses in practically every industry suffered from lengthy periods of low -- and falling -- profit rates andpricedeflationafter 1873.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Overbidding on certain assets will at some point result in uneconomic rates of return for investors; only then the assetpricedeflationwill begin.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The small difference is due to severe consumerpricedeflation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.All of these magnified the illiquidity of the domestic financial system and forced yet another round of costly asset liquidations andpricedeflation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Examining ongoing wage defaulting and importpricedeflationin the global apparel industry a case is made that an absence of labour costing defeat compliance benchmarks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The period from 1808 to 1826 was a time of generalpricedeflation, with a particularly sharp decline in prices and commerce between 1817 and 1820.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepricedeflationafter 1929 was even more spectacular, and it too served to raise tariff rates at least on duties that were still specific (import values now declining).
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According to the report, that will mean "a period of very slow growth andpricedeflation".
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