释义 |
reflationary, a.|riːˈfleɪʃənərɪ| [f. reflation + -ary1.] Characterized by, suggestive of, or tending to reflation.
1932Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Dec. 931/3 The ‘reflationary’ policy of the American Government will in the end, he thinks, set prices rising again. 1940Economist 7 Dec. 704/2 As long as the bulk of the gold inflow in the United States was the counterpart of a movement of capital there was no inherent reflationary or inflationary virtue to be found in it. 1957Ibid. 26 Oct. 286/1 No small reflationary measures taken by Britain now, however, would make the situation then any better. 1963Indian Econ. Rev. Feb. 32 As it proved, what expansion of the money supply there was in the 1930s was not inflationary but..reflationary—that is, it served to increase national income without inducing a significant rise in prices. 1969Daily Tel. 28 Oct. 16 An election just after a reflationary Budget would be cynically received. 1974Guardian 27 Mar. 15/3 The TUC wanted a mildly reflationary Budget and Mr Healey has given them..a mildly deflationary one. 1976Ld. Selwyn-Lloyd Mr. Speaker, Sir vii. 150 Many heads had already been shaken at the reflationary measures of the first two years or so of the Parliament and the idea of bursting through to growth and success. |