Deflator

Deflator
A deflator is used to convert current dollars into dollars that are adjusted for price changes. Because price levels change over time, direct comparisons of output, wages, and other dollar-denominated measures are often meaningless.

Deflator
Deflator definition :
A statistical factor used to convert current dollar purchasing power into inflation-adjusted purchasing power. Enables the comparison of prices while accounting for inflation in two different time periods.

GDP deflator
The index value used to eliminate the effect of inflation. Real national income is found by dividing money national income by the gdp deflator and multiplying by 100. ...

DEFLATOR - A statistical factor used to convert current dollar purchasing power into inflation-adjusted...
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Deflator
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A recalculation of the nominal figure for gross domestic product to remove the effects of inflation. The value of the components of GDP are recalculated at constant prices from the previous year or from some fixed base year. Using the deflator, ...

Deflator
A price index used to deflate a nominal value to a real value by dividing the nominal value by the price deflator.
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Deflator
An index used to convert values in the income and profit accounts to constant or "real" dollars.
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Deflator
Statistical factor used to adjust the difference between real value and inflation affected value.
See: Inflation
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GDP deflator which is used to adjust measures of gross domestic product for inflation.
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GDP deflator A price index measuring the changes in prices of all new goods and services produced by the economy.

GDP deflator nominal GDP divided by real GDP; it measures the level of prices of goods and services included in real GDP relative to a given base year. (20) ...

GDP deflator: A measure of the cost of goods purchased by U.S. households, government, and industry. Differs conceptually from the CPI measure of inflation, but not by much in practice.
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GNP deflator - A price index that measures the changes in prices of all goods and services produced by the economy.

(b) Deflator of other economic series - PPIs are used to adjust other economic time series for price changes and to translate those series into inflation-free dollars.

GDP DEFLATOR: A price index based on the calculation of real gross domestic product that's used as an indicator of average prices in the economy.

GDP Price Deflator
An economic metric that accounts for inflation by converting output measured at current prices into constant-dollar GDP. The GDP deflator shows how much a change in the base year's GDP relies upon changes in the price level.

PCE Deflator, (Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator) - United States A measure of inflation based on changes in personal consumption. Unlike the...

Deflator
The ratio of a nominal magnitude to its real counterpart.

GDP implicit price deflator
An economic technique used to account for inflation by comparing the current-dollar gross domestic product GDP to constant-dollar GDP as a ratio.

GDP implicit price deflator
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Personal Consumption Expenditure deflator (PCE) are designed to summarize information on the prices of goods purchased by consumers over time.

Deflator
A factor used to convert current prices into inflation-adjusted prices, in order to make comparisons over time after factoring out the overa...(Read more)
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This is done by applying a price deflator to nominal GDP/GNP. The deflator reflects changes in the prices of all the goods and services in the GDP/GNP, as opposed to other inflation indicators, such as the consumer price index (CPI), ...

Values adjusted to a base price level, calculated by dividing current dollars by a price deflator. Use of constant dollars eliminates the effects of price inflation and permits the comparison of output volumes over time. Also known as "real" dollars.

Decline in the prices of goods and services. Antithesis of inflation.
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Inflation Rate - The general increase in the price level herein measured by the growth rate in the GNP Implicit Price Index or the general price deflator.

increase in prices, generally due to the passage of time or a decrease in the supply of goods and services. Erodes purchasing power and asset values. Measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), Producer Price Index, or the domestic price deflator.

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Inflation rate: The rate of increase in the price of goods and services. Commonly used measures of the rate of inflation are the Consumer Price Index, the Producer Price Index, and the GNP deflator.

rates = Nominal rates minus Inflation and Currency adjustment. The "real interest rate" in an economy is often the rate of return on a risk free investment, such as US Treasury notes, minus an index of inflation, such as the CPI, or GDP deflator.

See also: Price deflator, Banks, Expense, Gross domestic product, Saving