deflationary
Currency value rising
Deflationary describes conditions that cause or relate to deflation—a general decline in prices across an economy.
Deflationary pressures or a deflationary spiral can lead to reduced spending as people wait for prices to fall further.
More loosely, deflationary describes anything that diminishes or punctures: His deflationary wit kept egos in check.
Decrease in size
- contractionReduction in size
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- diminutionReduction in size
- fallingMoving downward freely
erosion · depletion · waning · abatement · tapering · dwindling · subsidence · attenuation
Prolonged economic decline
- depressionProlonged low state
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- downturnEconomic decline period
- slumpExtended period of decline
Enforced economic stringency
- belt-tighteningReducing expenditures deliberately
- sequestrationAct of setting apart
Showing contemptuous disregard
- minimizingReducing to smallest extent
- belittlingExpressing contempt or dismissiveness
- underminingWeakening by covert means
- debunkingProving claims false
puncturing · sobering · dampening · tempering · reductive · defusing · downplaying
shrinkage
Decrease in size
- contractionReduction in size
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- diminutionReduction in size
falling · erosion · depletion · waning · abatement · tapering · dwindling · subsidence · attenuation · markdown
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- depressionProlonged low state
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- downturnEconomic decline period
slump · unemployment · bust · deleveraging
austerity
Enforced economic stringency
- belt-tighteningReducing expenditures deliberately
- sequestrationAct of setting apart
dismissive
Showing contemptuous disregard
- minimizingReducing to smallest extent
- belittlingExpressing contempt or dismissiveness
- underminingWeakening by covert means
debunking · puncturing · sobering · dampening · tempering · reductive · defusing · downplaying
deflationarystimulative
Promoting increased activity
expansionary · inflationary · accommodative · loose · overheating
inflate, inflation, deflate, inflated, deflated, deflation, inflating, inflatable, inflates