Deflation
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By this measure, there is no
deflation
: The GDP price index (called GDP deflator) in developed countries is increasing by 1-1.5%, on average.
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On the other hand, if the money supply remains the same, while more goods and services are produced, each dollar's value would increase in a process known as
deflation.
But
deflation
would make people want to hold onto their money, and a decrease in consumer spending would reduce business profits, leading to more unemployment and a further decrease in spending, causing the economy to keep shrinking.
In terms of price performance, that's a 40 to 50 percent
deflation
rate.
We had
deflation
during the Depression, but that was collapse of the money supply, collapse of consumer confidence, a completely different phenomena.
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