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reflates

reflates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reflate.

Meaning of reflate

Verb

reflate (third-person singular simple present reflates, present participle reflating, simple past and past participle reflated)

  1. To reinflate, to inflate again.
  2. To restore the general level of prices to a previous or desirable level.
    • Bassetto […] shows that the central bank can disallow deflationary solutions by imposing negative nominal interest rates as a way to reflate the economy by creating arbitrage opportunities.2020, Benigno, Pierpaolo, “A Central Bank Theory of Price Level Determination”, in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, volume 12, number 3, →DOI, page 261 of 258-283

Questions about reflates

What is reflates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reflates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reflate.

Words near reflates in the dictionary

  1. reflashes
  2. reflashing
  3. reflashings
  4. reflate
  5. reflated
  6. reflates
  7. reflating
  8. reflation
  9. reflationary
  10. reflationism
  11. reflations

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