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What (who) is reflate - definition
reflate
¦ verb (of a government) expand the level of output of (an economy) by either fiscal or monetary policy.
Derivatives
reflation noun
reflationary adjective
Origin
1930s: from re-, on the pattern of inflate, deflate.
reflate
(reflates, reflating, reflated)
If a government tries to reflate its country's economy, it increases the amount of money that is available in order to encourage more economic activity. (BUSINESS)
The administration may try to reflate the economy next year.
VERB: V n
• reflation
Ministers are again talking about reflation and price controls.
N-UNCOUNT
Examples of use of reflate
1. Yet quantitative easing was accompanied by some even more unorthodox policies, which may indeed have helped to reflate the economy.
2. The Federal Reserve would no longer be able to print more money to reflate the bubble, as it is currently openly considering doing so.
3. The aim was not just to hold down the yen, but also to expand Japan‘s monetary base and thus to reflate the economy.
4. It was there, in the early 1'80s, that the limits of national sovereignty were most painfully exposed as the Mitterrand government‘s attempt to unilaterally reflate the French economy collapsed in the face of capital flight and an exchange rate crisis.