deflationary spiral

1. 1.

   an episode of deflation in which prices and wages decrease at an increasing rate and currency gains in value

   Antonymsinflationary spiral

   Broaderspiral

Questions about deflationary spiral

What does deflationary spiral mean?

deflationary spiral means "an episode of deflation in which prices and wages decrease at an increasing rate and currency gains in value".

What is the opposite of deflationary spiral?

The recorded antonyms are inflationary spiral.

Is deflationary spiral a common word?

deflationary spiral is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.