deflationary spiral

基本解释

Prices would move toward the inflation target of 2 percent, removing the threat of a deflationary spiral.
物价将会回落到2%的通胀率的水平，这也消除了螺旋式通胀紧缩的威胁。
However, that still left a deflationary gap of over 5% of GDP, which threw the Irish economy into the deflationary spiral.
然而，这样算来，还剩下超过GDP 5%的通缩差，这把爱尔兰经济扔进了通缩的风口浪尖。
There is a difficult balance between maintaining enough support to avoid a deflationary downward spiral on the one hand, and the longer-term costs of high debts and deficits on the other.
一方面，要维持足够的支撑，以避免陷入落选向下的通货紧缩；另一方面，则是高负债和高赤字面临的长期成本，两者之间很难达成平衡。

Unfortunately, Bernanke is out of wind-up toys that can stem our deflationary spiral.
FORBES: The Sputtering Gold Comet
Meanwhile, it risks limiting its ability to battle the deflationary spiral of persistently scarce credit, declining profits and higher unemployment.
FORBES: The prime rate will come down, but loans won't go up.
Evidence that Japan is coming out of its deflationary spiral are not merely, nor best, illustrated by the market for land.
ECONOMIST: Buttonwood: Eastward ho!