debt deflation

debt deflation
debt deflation UK US noun [U] (also collateral deflation)
ECONOMICS, FINANCE the situation in which collateral (= property that will be sold or collected to make certain a debt is paid) becomes less valuable: »

The effects of a bust will be rising unemployment, followed by bad debts, then debt deflation, and then finally falling asset prices.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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