Reflation

//ɹiːˈfleɪʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of restoring a deflated general level of prices to a previous or desired level. countable, uncountable

    "This continues until there is a reflation, a currency devaluation and government guarantees of the efficacy of key financial intermediaries."

  2. 2
    inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state wordnet

Example

More examples

"This continues until there is a reflation, a currency devaluation and government guarantees of the efficacy of key financial intermediaries."

Etymology

From reflate + -ion, parallel to deflation.

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