disinflation
Noun
Meaning
a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments
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Kganyago however has said that while the country is experiencing disinflation – the slowing increase in prices, there is no risk of deflation – when prices turn negative.
Since then disinflation has relapsed into deflation.
So the path of disinflation cannot be as steep as in an industrial economy because an emerging market is more fragile, and people’s buffers and safety nets are thinner.” he said.
They believe the country has already entered a steep recession and the falling prices raise the prospect of disinflation.