deflation
Example Sentences
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And another year of producer-price deflation made Chinese goods attractive to overseas buyers.
Should prices fall for a sustained period, deflation could occur that hurts economic growth.
As long as China is at the brink of deflation, this scenario may not be seen as desirable, he added.
China’s advances in artificial intelligence, its continued push for technological self-reliance and resilience in global trade have helped boost investor confidence, easing concerns over weak domestic demand and persistent deflation.
More broadly, what investors must keep in mind is that Japan’s high debt-to-GDP ratio is largely the result of decades of stagnant growth and deflation, not profligate spending.
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