deflator
Americannoun
plural
deflatorsExample Sentences
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A broad measure of inflation, the GDP deflator, accelerated at a 3.8% clip, well ahead of Wall Street’s 2.7% forecast.
From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025
The personal-consumption expenditures deflator, widely seen as the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, held below 3% in September and indicated a moderate month-over-month increase in prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
"Real" statistics are inflation-adjusted using the most relevant deflator.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025
It added that this was because it is more than the 1.7% predicted inflation in the economy for next year, known as the GDP deflator, as calculated by official forecasters.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2023
The report detailed what Wells described as incriminating texts by Jastremski and McNally, and in one of them, McNally called himself "the deflator."
From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2015
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