devaluation
Monetary worth reduction
Devaluation is the reduction of something's official value.
In economics, it refers specifically to a government lowering its currency's exchange rate: The peso's devaluation made imports more expensive.
More broadly, devaluation describes any diminishing of worth or status: the devaluation of manual labor, She felt a devaluation of her contributions to the project.
Ownership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- assetsOwned items of value
securities · writedown · markdown · impairment · downgrade · bearish · correction · crash
Asset value reduction over time
- exchange rateCurrency conversion value
- forexCurrency trading market
- pesoLatin American currency
- rupeeIndian monetary unit
ruble · drachma · yuan · sterling · peg · floating · fixed rate · currency crisis
Sustained price level increase
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- deficitAmount still owed
- downturnEconomic decline period
crisis · collapse · hyperinflation · stagflation · purchasing power · trade deficit · balance of payments · IMF
Mark of dishonor
- disgraceLoss of honor
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- dishonorLoss of respect
- demotionReduction in status
disrepute · tarnish · discredit · degradation · humiliation · loss of face · ignominy · fall from grace
Internal sense of value
- self-esteemOne's sense of worth
- belittlementVerbal diminishing of worth
- dismissalRemoval from position
- diminishmentProcess of becoming smaller
invalidation · disparagement · degradation · undermining · marginalization · disrespect · trivialization · worthlessness
stocks
Ownership stakes or inventory
assets · securities · writedown · markdown · impairment · downgrade · bearish · correction · crash · sell-off
depreciation
Asset value reduction over time
- exchange rateCurrency conversion value
- forexCurrency trading market
- pesoLatin American currency
rupee · ruble · drachma · yuan · sterling · peg · floating · fixed rate · currency crisis · capital flight
inflation
Sustained price level increase
downturn · crisis · collapse · hyperinflation · stagflation · purchasing power · trade deficit · balance of payments · IMF · bailout
stigma
Mark of dishonor
demotion · disrepute · tarnish · discredit · degradation · humiliation · loss of face · ignominy · fall from grace · ostracism
self-worth
Internal sense of value
- self-esteemOne's sense of worth
- belittlementVerbal diminishing of worth
- dismissalRemoval from position
diminishment · invalidation · disparagement · degradation · undermining · marginalization · disrespect · trivialization · worthlessness · rejection
- monetary systemsgold standard, reserve currency, convertibility, central banks, monetary policy
- economyGDP, money, inflation, inflation rate, GNP
- price changesprice drop, price surge, price swing, markup, markdown
- economic historystock market crash, Industrial Revolution, trade routes, Great Depression, gold standard
- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
- British EconomyBank of England, pound sterling, sterling, GDP, budget deficit
devaluationrevaluation
Reassessing something's worth
appreciation · strengthening · growth · expansion · inflation
devaluationappreciation
Recognition of worth
valorization · elevation · enhancement · exaltation · validation
- currency devaluationReducing money's official value