Talk:Disinflation

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I made the article more ambiguous in use of other nations. 71.51.90.14 03:00, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Disinflation ≠ Deflation
Formally: I am removing the merge tag. —SlamDiego 21:53, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Deflation: $$\frac{\Delta P}{\Delta t} < 0$$
 * Disinflation: $$\frac{\Delta (\Delta P/\Delta t)}{\Delta t} < 0$$

"At that point, disinflation becomes deflation as prices are now decreasing."
This statement seems incongruous with the math. If disinflation is the second derivative of prices with respect to time, disinflation can still exist with deflation. Can someone please clarify? Also what is the opposite of disinflation and how does the US Federal Reserve Bank define disinflation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.169.109 (talk) 02:20, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

"deflation is always regarded as a negative state of the economy no matter how high it is."
This phrase needs cleanup because it's quite poorly written. Is the author trying to say that inflation rates of -0.2% and -12% are equally undesirable? I doubt that's the case... isn't it true that some economists believe zero inflation should be the target that monetary policy shoots for? 199.46.245.231 (talk) 20:03, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

I have not heard anyone favouring zero inflation. For example The European Central Bank has an inflation target of around 2 %. It must be that little inflation is better than little deflation.

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