Disinflation: A reduction in the rate of inflation, not a decrease in the price level.
How to apply it: Distinguish disinflation (lower inflation rate) from deflation (falling price level) and explain how contractionary policy achieves disinflation.
Course: AP Macroeconomics · Unit: Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies
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