trượt giá
Definition
Noun:
- Price slippage / Price decline: A general decrease in the price level of goods and services in an economy. This is the opposite of inflation and indicates a period where the purchasing power of money increases.
- Deflation: The economic condition of a sustained and broad decline in prices.
Verb phrase (to experience 'trượt giá'):
- To fall in value / To depreciate: Describes the action of prices or the value of currency decreasing over time.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Nền kinh tế đang đối mặt với nguy cơ trượt giá. (The economy is facing the risk of deflation.)
- Trượt giá kéo dài có thể gây hại cho tăng trưởng. (Prolonged deflation can be harmful to growth.)
Verb sense:
- Đồng tiền có thể trượt giá trong thời kỳ khủng hoảng. (The currency can depreciate during a crisis.)
- Giá bất động sản đã trượt giá đáng kể. (Real estate prices have fallen significantly in value.)
Advanced Usage
"Tình trạng trượt giá": The state/condition of deflation.
- Chính phủ lo ngại về tình trạng trượt giá. (The government is concerned about the state of deflation.)
Used in economic analysis and news to describe a macroeconomic trend, often discussed alongside inflation, unemployment, and economic stimulus policies.
Variants and Related Words
Giảm phát (n): This is the more formal, technical economic term for deflation. It is often used interchangeably with trượt giá, though trượt giá can sound more descriptive.
- Chỉ số cho thấy áp lực giảm phát. (The index shows deflationary pressure.)
Lạm phát (n): Inflation (the opposite economic phenomenon).
- Lạm phát và trượt giá là hai mối quan tâm trái ngược. (Inflation and deflation are two opposing concerns.)
Synonyms
- Deflation: A general decline in prices for goods and services.
- Price decline: A drop in price levels.
- Depreciation: A decrease in the value of an asset or currency.
Related Economic Terms
- Thiểu phát (n): Disinflation – a slowdown in the rate of inflation (prices are still rising, but more slowly). This is different from , where prices actually fall.
- Suy thoái kinh tế (n): Economic recession – a period of temporary economic decline, during which may occur.