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US
/dɪˈfɫeɪtɝ/
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[ UK /diːflˈeɪtɐ/ ]
[ UK /diːflˈeɪtɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars
How To Use deflator In A Sentence
- I would be supportive of budget actions that changed indexation from the cpi to a more accurate, and anti-inflationary measure of general price-level changes, an example being an index known as the GNP price deflator. The Real Dimensions of Canada's Contemporary Political Economy
- The positive contributors to the index -- in order from the largest positive contributor to the smallest -- are the yield spread, the stock price index, production expectations, industrial new orders, building permits (residential) * and the ratio of the deflator of manufacturing value added to unit labor cost for manufacturing*. Undefined
- The annual percentage rise in the implicit gross domestic product deflator.
- If the deflator is higher, then longevity is less valuable. if the deflator is zero, then we have parity - a 20% increase in lifespan, GDP constant is the same as a 20% increase in GDP, lifespan constant. Health Care Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
- The deflator is a complete work of fiction, so the actual GDP figure could be anything from -1% to +0.5% The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
- New unemployment claims (inverted) * were the only negative contributor in September, while the ratio of the deflator of manufacturing value added to unit labor cost for manufacturing* remained unchanged. Undefined
- It isn't clear, though, if a negative deflator is warranted. Times, Sunday Times
- They recently lost their 'national statistic' status due to technical problems with something called 'the deflator'. Times, Sunday Times
- The annual percentage rise in the implicit gross domestic product deflator.
- Similarly the yearly rate of growth of the personal consumption price deflator jumped to 2.5% in May from 1.5% in February.