deflationary gap

基本解释

Moreover, the OECD forecasts a significant output gap - and so persistent deflationary pressure - at least until 2005.
更有甚者，根据OECD的预报，显著的产出缺口，以及由此形成的持续的通缩压力，将至少持续到2005年。
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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。
The recent fiscal consolidation measures made the matter far worse by widening an already formidable deflationary gap even wider.
近期的财政巩固措施进一步扩大了本就已经相当棘手的通缩差，让问题雪上加霜。

Martin Barnes of Bank Credit Analyst, a research firm, points out that the direction of official policy (low rates, quantitative easing, big deficits) looks inflationary but the economic fundamentals (a big output gap, sluggish credit growth) look deflationary.
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a situation in which total spending in an economy is insufficient to buy all the output that can be produced with full employment