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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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Fear of the equity markets, and the addiction to saving, can propel a country into a vicious downward deflationary spiral.
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.
But such reforms and restructurings are very deflationary in highly indebted economies.
The overall effect is a rise in unemployment and intensifying deflationary pressures.
Volatile movements in the foreign exchange casino compound the deflationary effect.

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