to reinflate
- verb
- /ˌriːɪnˈfleɪt/
- While our country's "leaders" are all trying to reinflate the credit economy, the realization has yet to dawn on them that the '90s and '00s were an unsustainable bubble that cannot be reinflated without blowing up the economy totally. They seem unable to grasp the concept of "sustainable" or "unsustainable."
- reinflate the economy
Examples
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While our country's "leaders" are all trying to reinflate the credit economy, the realization has yet to dawn on them that the '90s and '00s were an unsustainable bubble that cannot be reinflated without blowing up the economy totally. They seem unable to grasp the concept of "sustainable" or "unsustainable."
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It means ignoring the unemployment crisis while trumpeting the fact you've reinflated another stock market bubble with trillions of taxpayer dollars.
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Without getting into the politics of it, for once, I just want to submit that it seems the housing bubble is being reinflated.
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And the way that they've done that is to inflate financial assets to help reinflate the stock market.
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Governments often try to reinflate the economy after a recession by increasing spending and lowering interest rates.
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Many financial analysts believe that measures taken after the crisis will successfully reinflate asset values in the market.
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After a significant downturn, it's crucial for policymakers to consider strategies that will reinflate consumer prices and revive economic growth.
Synonyms
To make the amount or price of something increase
To give something a new official worth, often higher, especially for money or assets
To make prices or the economy grow again after they fell
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reinflate joins re- 'again' with inflate 'to make bigger' or 'to fill', and you can see the same idea in inflation (rising prices). So to reinflate the economy means to make prices or values go up again.