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What does deflationary mean?

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Adjective
  1. Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
  2. (philosophy) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
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After almost 15 years in the economic doghouse, Japan shows real signs of emerging from its long deflationary slump.
All of this can exacerbate an economic downturn and, in turn, generate greater deflationary pressures.
Washington clung doggedly to the gold standard despite the disastrously deflationary effect of this policy.
In a deflationary environment a good growth stock can often be a defensive stock.
A falling dollar would be a major deflationary influence on the world economy, notes Levy.
Volatile movements in the foreign exchange casino compound the deflationary effect.

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