deflation
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Deflation meant that a stock that retained its nominal value was actually rising in value.
From Barron's • Apr. 19, 2026
Deflation is starting to ebb, he points out.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
Deflation per se was never Japan’s biggest economic problem.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Deflation would mean those wage gains and new jobs disappearing as well.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2024
Deflation closed in; the people again found themselves having to "pick up the pieces".
From A History of the Town of Fairfax by Rust, Jeanne Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing deflation
Economics
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Economics I
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American History - Middle School
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