デフレーション

でふれーしょん
noun
deflation
businessbusiness
1. deflation (economic)
A sustained drop in general price levels in an economy, the opposite of inflation. The full loanword is mostly used in formal economic writing; in everyday speech, the clipped form デフレ is preferred.
A long period of deflation continued.
Deflation hinders economic growth.
Japan has long aimed to escape from deflation.

Loanword from English "deflation." The clipped form デフレ is dominant in everyday use; the full form signals formal economic register.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • デフレ: deflation — clipped colloquial form, much more common
  • インフレーション: inflation — opposite phenomenon
  • ディスインフレ: disinflation — a slowing of inflation, not actual price decline