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  • verb Present participle of reflate.

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Examples

  • Instead of "reflating" the collapsed economy, however, national governments are insisting on "fiscal responsibility;" and the responsibility is all being put on the states and the laboring and producing classes.

    Ellen Brown: Who Will Pay: Wall Street or Main Street , The Tobin Tax or the VAT? 2010

  • Instead of "reflating" the collapsed economy, however, national governments are insisting on "fiscal responsibility;" and the responsibility is all being put on the states and the laboring and producing classes.

    Ellen Brown: Who Will Pay: Wall Street or Main Street , The Tobin Tax or the VAT? 2010

  • Instead of "reflating" the collapsed economy, however, national governments are insisting on fiscal responsibility; and the responsibility is all being put on the states and the laboring and producing classes.

    t r u t h o u t 2010

  • Instead of "reflating" the collapsed economy, however, national governments are insisting on "fiscal responsibility;" and the responsibility is all being put on the states and the laboring and producing classes.

    OpEdNews 2010

  • The objection to government-issued money has always been that it would be inflationary, but today some "reflating" of the economy could be a good thing.

    Bill Totten's Weblog 2009

  • The policy response to the crisis, which sought to kick hard decisions into the future by reflating markets, is running out of road.

    After the Bailouts, Cracks Are Showing Richard Barley 2011

  • Part of that bet was reflating the housing bubble.

    The Housing Illusion 2011

  • The Obama Administration and Chairman Ben Bernanke's Federal Reserve have bet on a recovery based on reflating asset prices with easy money, federal spending and temporary stimulus programs.

    The Housing Illusion 2011

  • Part of that bet was reflating the housing bubble.

    The Housing Illusion 2011

  • The Obama Administration and Chairman Ben Bernanke's Federal Reserve have bet on a recovery based on reflating asset prices with easy money, federal spending and temporary stimulus programs.

    The Housing Illusion 2011

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