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A simple explanation (good enough for most uses)
Disinflation is when inflation is still above 0 but declining. In other
words, since GDP deflator is still above 0 but declining we are currently
in a disinflation.
Deflation is when the inflation rate is actually negative.
At 01:01 PM 12/10/98 -0500, Roger Fortier wrote:
>Anyone care to tell me what is the difference between deflation and
>disinflation? I thought these were the same but I often hear people talk
>about them as if they were seperate.
>
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Stewart Taylor
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