Deflation is almost always bad.
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Deflation
Synonyms for "deflation" (88 found)
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Related words (44)
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10 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- انْكِماش noun (decrease in the general price level)
Bulgarian
1 entries- дефлация noun (decrease in the general price level)
Catalan
2 entries- deflació noun (decrease in the general price level)
- desinflament noun (removal of soil and other loose material from a surface by wind)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 吹蝕 /吹蚀 noun (removal of soil and other loose material from a surface by wind)
- 通縮 /通缩 noun (decrease in the general price level)
- 通貨緊縮 /通货紧缩 noun (decrease in the general price level)
Czech
1 entries- deflace noun (decrease in the general price level)
Dutch
1 entries- deflatie noun (decrease in the general price level)
Estonian
1 entries- deflatsioon noun (decrease in the general price level)
Finnish
1 entries- deflaatio noun (decrease in the general price level)
French
3 entries- déflation noun (decrease in the general price level)
- dégonflage noun (removal of soil and other loose material from a surface by wind)
- dégonflement noun (removal of soil and other loose material from a surface by wind)
Galician
1 entries- deflación noun (decrease in the general price level)
Georgian
1 entries- დაჩუტვა noun (instance of deflating)
German
1 entries- Deflation noun (decrease in the general price level)
Greek
1 entries- αποπληθωρισμός noun (decrease in the general price level)
Icelandic
1 entries- verðhjöðnun noun (decrease in the general price level)
Indonesian
2 entries- deflasi noun (decrease in the general price level)
- deflasi noun (economic contraction)
Interlingua
1 entries- deflation noun (decrease in the general price level)
Italian
1 entries- deflazione noun (decrease in the general price level)
Japanese
3 entries- デフレーション noun (decrease in the general price level)
- 収縮 noun (decrease in the general price level)
- 通貨収縮 noun (decrease in the general price level)
Khmer
1 entries- អប្បផរណា noun (decrease in the general price level)
Korean
4 entries- 디플레 noun (decrease in the general price level)
- 디플레이션 noun (decrease in the general price level)
- 통화 수축 noun (decrease in the general price level)
- 통화 축소 noun (decrease in the general price level)
Malay
1 entries- deflasi noun (decrease in the general price level)
Norwegian
1 entries- Deflasjon noun (decrease in the general price level)
Polish
1 entries- deflacja noun (decrease in the general price level)
Portuguese
1 entries- deflação noun (decrease in the general price level)
Romanian
1 entries- dezumflare noun (instance of deflating)
Russian
4 entries- выка́чивание noun (instance of deflating)
- дефля́ция noun (decrease in the general price level)
- дефля́ция noun (economic contraction)
- сниже́ние цен noun (decrease in the general price level)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- deflacija noun (decrease in the general price level)
- дефлација noun (decrease in the general price level)
Spanish
1 entries- deflación noun (decrease in the general price level)
Swedish
2 entries- deflation noun (decrease in the general price level)
- deflation noun (removal of soil and other loose material from a surface by wind)
Thai
2 entries- ภาวะเงินฝืด noun (decrease in the general price level)
- เงินฝืด noun (decrease in the general price level)
Ukrainian
2 entries- дефля́ція noun (decrease in the general price level)
- дефля́ція noun (removal of soil and other loose material from a surface by wind)
Vietnamese
1 entries- (sự) giảm giá noun (decrease in the general price level)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Why is deflation dangerous for the economy?
Source: tatoeba (5977920)
Sony's prices tend to be higher than its competition, but Japan's thrifty consumers and deflation are forcing it to rethink its pricing strategy.
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The loss caused utter deflation and disappointment among the fans.
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