Economics A-Level
Deflationary policies
What Deflationary policies means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Policies to reduce aggregate demand, such as raising interest rates or increasing taxation, designed to cool an overheating economy.
Topics that use Deflationary policies
- Inflation and deflation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Aggregate demand
- Cost-push inflation
- Debt and wealth effects
- Deflation
- Demand-pull inflation
- Depreciation
- Disinflation
- Inflation
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