Synonyms for deflationary
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1. deflationaryadjective

   associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money

   "deflationary measures"

   Antonyms:
   inflationary

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1. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis:

   We outlined to him the main objectives of this government which is to reform Greece in a way that has never been tried before and with a determination that was always absent, we also stated categorically that the debt-deflationary cycle in which Greece finds itself is detrimental to all efforts to reform Greece. He was good enough to explain to us his own constraints.

2. The Belgian central bank chief:

   In this context, the purchase of sovereign bonds could prove to be an effective tool, since the beginning of 2014, we have systematically underestimated deflationary effects...if we were to find ourselves at the beginning of next year with negative inflation and fall into a deflationary spiral, the effects on the behavior of households and businesses could be very negative.

3. Quincy Krosby:

   Most likely, there will be more volatility in the market and part of the reason is oil prices and the worry that somehow the price of oil is a reflection of inflation and deflation, the lower [oil] goes, the more it is a deflationary barometer. The lower it goes, the more difficulty the Fed has raising rates.

4. Chris Iggo:

   I disagree entirely with the notion that the decline in oil prices is negative and adds to the deflationary outlook.

5. Quincy Krosby:

   Most likely, there will be more volatility in the market and part of the reason is oil prices and the worry that somehow the price of oil is a reflection of inflation and deflation, the lower goes, the more it is a deflationary barometer. The lower it goes, the more difficulty the Fed has raising rates.