Disinflation

Disinflation

A decrease in the rate of inflation.

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disinflation

A slowdown in the rate of inflation. A drop in the inflation rate from 3% in one year to 2% in the next year is an example of disinflation. On an overall basis, disinflation is good for security prices, but it can be painful for individual companies that have made investment and borrowing decisions based upon a belief that a high rate of inflation would continue. See also inflation.

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Disinflation

A situation in which the inflation rate decreases, but does not reverse. For example, disinflation occurs when the inflation rate goes from 5% to 2%. Importantly, it is not deflation when the inflation rate becomes negative. Disinflation is considered a normal and healthy part of a business cycle.

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Disinflation. Disinflation is a slowdown in the rate of price increases that historically occurs during a recession, when the supply of goods is greater than the demand for them.

Unlike deflation, however, when prices for goods actually drop, disinflation prices do not usually fall, but the rate of inflation becomes negligible.