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Recent Examples of deflation
Below are some key highlights from the report: Thailand is slipping into prolonged deflation, with tight financial conditions, weak tourism, and exposure to China's overcapacity fueling a downward spiral.
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 June 2025
The nation faces myriad economic challenges, including deflation, local governments drowning in debt, poor consumer spending, plummeting real estate values, record youth unemployment, and a demographic time bomb.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
Even before the Trump 2.0 era started on January 20, Asia’s biggest economy was grappling with a massive property crisis that’s generating deflation.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
China also remains unable to shake the specter of deflation stemming from how its production capacity has outpaced domestic consumer demand for its products in recent years.
—Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2025
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 June 2025
The nation faces myriad economic challenges, including deflation, local governments drowning in debt, poor consumer spending, plummeting real estate values, record youth unemployment, and a demographic time bomb.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
Even before the Trump 2.0 era started on January 20, Asia’s biggest economy was grappling with a massive property crisis that’s generating deflation.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
China also remains unable to shake the specter of deflation stemming from how its production capacity has outpaced domestic consumer demand for its products in recent years.
—Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deflation
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There are several reasons why markets in the state are experiencing such a downturn.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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This spring, Russia’s manufacturing sector, an industry that also includes defense enterprises, suffered its steepest downturn in close to three years, dropping 2 points from February to March.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
22 June 2025
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Our hero manages to escape the kitty’s onslaught, but his brush with death doesn’t arrest the relentless shrinkage.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
20 June 2025
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In May, the large shrinkage in the labor force kept the U3 Unemployment Rate the same as April’s 4.2% rate.—
Robert Barone,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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That slump has intensified competition among producers, posing a challenge for the industry, as well as for local governments, which have promoting mineral development as a way of boosting the Southeast Asia’s largest economy.—
Alfred Cang,
Fortune,
19 June 2025
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Baseballs’ best hitter is now in a 2-for-20, 13-strikeout slump.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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The department has provided no explanation for the slow progress in getting through PSLF Buyback applications, although it could be related to substantial staff reductions at the Department of Education ordered by the Trump administration earlier this year.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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In contrast to the staffing reductions, the DOJ budget request outlines robust investments in key priorities, including nearly $11 billion to combat violent crime and gangs, $10 billion for drug enforcement, and over $3.6 billion for immigration enforcement and border security.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
17 June 2025
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With ominous luxury reports touting a 25 percent decrease in sales for some of the top names in fashion, there is a bright spot in the sector: India.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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San Diego’s 2025 homeless count showed a decrease to 9,905 people, down from over 10,600 in 2024.—
Mahdi E Diab,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2025
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After noticing a global gap in effective and trusted protection when faced with financial diminution, the company honed in on the product, refining it to meet the needs of employees worldwide.—
Ethan Stone,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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What’s really harmful, in my estimation, is the uncertainty of it all and the diminution of trust our strongest allies will have in the United States for years to come.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Myles Turner steps up to screen Bridges, who’s guarding the point of attack — but sags what feels like a mile off Indiana’s reserve guard.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
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It’s been about anti-aging: fixing wrinkles and sags and bags.—
Dahvi Shira,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Respondents perceive a significant reduction in the probability of a severe deterioration in economic prospects.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
17 June 2025
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Rossetti had been working on the CONCERN Study, which had successfully developed an AI model to detect patient deterioration in the hospital setting.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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“Deflation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deflation. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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