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to reinflate

to reinflate

1 4.9
To make prices of things like houses or stocks rise again after they fall
  • verb
  • /ˌriːɪnˈfleɪt/
translation icon : reflacionar
  • 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

  • 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.

  • Governments often try to reinflate the economy after a recession by increasing spending and lowering interest rates.

  • Many financial analysts believe that measures taken after the crisis will successfully reinflate asset values in the market.

  • After a significant downturn, it's crucial for policymakers to consider strategies that will reinflate consumer prices and revive economic growth.

Synonyms

to inflate
vsto reinflate
30 4.4

To make the amount or price of something increase

is about causing a rise again after a prior decline
to revalue
vsto reinflate
  • Specialized
1 6.7

To give something a new official worth, often higher, especially for money or assets

is about market levels rising again rather than an official valuation change
to reflate
vsto reinflate
  • Specialized
1 8.6

To make prices or the economy grow again after they fell

is about causing prices to rise again without naming who acts

Antonyms

22 5.0

To make something seem less important or respected

to deflate
  • Specialized
5 5.1

To make prices or economic activity go down

How High

to skyrocket
52 4.1
to reinflate
1 4.9
to drive up
39 3.9
to raise
2.9

Surface Forms

reinflate infinitive
reinflated past
reinflated past participle
reinflating present participle
reinflates third person singular

Morphology

reinflate = inflate (transparent) = re + inflate

With the economic sense of 'inflate', adding 're-' straightforwardly means causing prices or the economy to inflate again.

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.