reflate
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of reflate
First recorded in 1930–35; back formation from reflation
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The later drawdowns all coincided with a deflationary environment, allowing monetary authorities to pivot quickly and reflate markets and asset prices.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
"The hull war market is beginning to reflate itself through rate rises."
From Reuters ● May 30, 2022
And this time, there's just no way that they can try to reflate the bubble.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2018
The Bank of Japan 8301 12.79 % has tried radical measures for 3½ years to reflate the country’s sagging economy, resorting this year to negative interest rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2016
There’s nothing wrong with that: It’s one of the primary channels by which monetary policy is able to reflate a depressed economy.
From Washington Post
Massive monetary and fiscal stimulus deployed in 2013 as the first two “arrows” of then-premier Shinzo Abe’s “Abenomics” policies reflated the economy.
From Reuters ● May 16, 2022
As regards the US with its reflated currency.
From Economist ● Aug. 9, 2013
“We think cyclicals can do well in a reflating economy,” the team said, referring to a scenario where both inflation and the pace of economic growth are picking up.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025
The massive spending would underscore the resolve of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida - once considered as favouring fiscal restraint - to focus on reflating the economy and redistributing wealth to households.
From Reuters ● Nov. 19, 2021
By contrast, simply reflating the price level back to its 1926 level was relatively easy.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2013
The more reason for putting it just a little at risk by reflating the economy when it is clearly needed.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2010
Reciprocal suspicions were aroused on the U.S. side when Bonn cautiously dragged its feet about reflating its economy in order to serve with the U.S. and Japan as a "locomotive" of the world economy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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