adjective
- tending to reduce or counteract inflation; relating to economic policies or conditions that lower the rate of price increases
Usage: economics; formal
Examples
- The central bank implemented disinflationary measures to cool the overheated economy.
- Rising interest rates have a disinflationary effect on consumer spending.
- Disinflationary pressures from weak demand helped stabilize prices last quarter.
- The government's disinflationary policy aimed to bring inflation back to target levels.
- Economists debated whether the new tariffs would have inflationary or disinflationary consequences.