disinflation in a sentence

Examples

1. Disinflation differs from deflation in that prices aren't falling, but merely rising at a relatively slow pace.
2. So, it wouldn't take much to transform disinflation _ progressively smaller price increases _ into declining prices.
3. As for disinflation, don't confuse it with deflation, which is an actual decline in the price level.
4. Gramley said the " opportunistic disinflation " theory laid out in the staff paper isn't really new.
5. It said the recent decline in prices, which has led to concern about disinflation in Japan, is gradually slowing.
6. Given the strength of the domestic economy, I would not be betting very highly on a disinflation or deflation scenario.
7. But, as the doubters point out, Japan has recently discovered how hard it is to break the momentum of disinflation.
8. That report, called " The Opportunistic Approach to Disinflation, " might indicate the Fed won't tighten.
9. If anything, there are signs of disinflation-- or even deflation-- as prices for some goods are falling.
10. The United States hit the peak of inflation around 1980, so we have been experiencing disinflation for about 17 years now.