deflator

deflator definition - finance
A statistical factor that converts current dollars into inflation-adjusted dollars. Deflators are used with gross domestic product statistics to remove the influence of inflation.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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