1.通货收缩
1.a reduction in the rate at which prices increase
1.The issue at this stage is not whether we have the tools to help support economic activity and guard against disinflation.
目前的问题不在于我们是否有工具来支持经济增长和防御通缩。
2.To the extent that this helps contain global disinflation, it is helpful.
在某种程度上来说有助于抑制全球经济通货紧缩，这种循环是有益的。
3.His book might equally have been entitled The Age of Disinflation.
他的新书书名也可以定为《通缩年代》（TheAgeofDisinflation）。
4.I'll just say here that there's no price deflation going on this slump, and there's not even any disinflation going on now.
我只是说，在这次衰退中，没有价格通缩，没有任何的通化通货紧缩。
5.Thus, disinflation (a decrease in the inflation rate) can be achieved only at the cost of some unemployment.
因此，通货紧缩（膨胀率的下降）只能够以一定量的失业为代价。
6.So what is one to make of comparisons with Germany's "competitive disinflation" of the early noughties?
那么，这种情况能否与本世纪初德国的“竞争性通胀减缓”相提并论呢？
7.Not to be confused with disinflation, which is a slowing down of price rises (a fallin the inflation rate).
不可与通胀减速混淆，后者指物价上升速度放慢（即通货膨胀率减低）。
8."The rate of change of prices - or the degree of disinflation - is related to the rate of change of globalisation, " he argues.
他表示：“价格变化率，或者说是通缩程度，是与全球化的变化率相关联的。”
9.Rapid disinflation (now deflation) is creating more room for further monetary easing during this round of economic down cycle.
在这轮经济下滑周期，迅速的反通货膨胀（现在是通货紧缩）给进一步放松银根创造了更大空间。
10.Now, if you operate an economy below trend for long periods of time, disinflation is sure to become a problem.
现在，如果你操纵经济长期低于基本趋势，通货紧缩势必成为一个难题。