Sentence examples for nearing deflation from inspiring English sources

Wholesale and consumer prices have slid back sharply in the downturn as oil prices collapsed, raising fears among some economists that the economy is nearing deflation, a cycle of declines in prices and wages.

Compared to most of its counterparts overseas, especially the European Central Bank, the Fed has been much more aggressive in trying to counter the threats of high unemployment and deflation, or near deflation.

Governments realise that, with near deflation and high youth unemployment, especially in Spain, France and Italy, the EU is failing to live up to the aspirations of its almost half a billion citizens.

In 2004 core inflation in America finally ticked above 2% after two years of near-deflation worries.

But in a situation of near-deflation and near-recession, the ECB should do whatever is necessary, regardless of these risks.

But if that average disguises near-deflation in Germany, it may not be the best guide to ECB policy, the IMF warns.Japan is also worried about the falling dollar.

As a result, Mr. Arnott isn't focusing entirely on near-term deflation.

The last round of QE was launched against the backdrop of expected near-term deflation.

Growth in the euro zone is stuck below 1%, unemployment is above 11% and inflation is hovering around 0.4%, far from the European Central Bank's 2% goal and dangerously near outright deflation.

Gada believes that we are nearing a point in our economy during which deflation is a more serious threat than inflation as the percentage of technological goods we buy increases and the cost and number of those goods decreases.

In a speech to the Economic Club of New York, Mr. Greenspan repeated past assertions that the United States was "nowhere near" falling into deflation.