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English
Etymology
From re- + (in)flate, on the basis of deflate. Equivalent to Latin re- + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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reflate (third-person singular simple present reflates, present participle reflating, simple past and past participle reflated)
- To reinflate, to inflate again.
- (economics) To restore the general level of prices to a previous or desirable level.
2020, Benigno, Pierpaolo, “A Central Bank Theory of Price Level Determination”, in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, volume 12, number 3, →DOI, page 261 of 258-283:Bassetto shows that the central bank can disallow deflationary solutions by imposing negative nominal interest rates as a way to reflate the economy by creating arbitrage opportunities.
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