Preisstabilität
German
Etymology
Preis (“price”) + Stabilität (“stability”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpʁaɪ̯sʃtabiliˌtɛːt]
- Hyphenation: Preis‧sta‧bi‧li‧tät
Noun
Preisstabilität f (genitive Preisstabilität, plural Preisstabilitäten)
- (economics) price stability (a situation in which the general price level in an economy changes very little over time, usually defined by a low and stable inflation rate)
- Das vorrangige Ziel der Europäischen Zentralbank ist die Gewährleistung der Preisstabilität.
- The primary objective of the European Central Bank is to ensure price stability.
- Langfristige Investitionen sind in einem Umfeld hoher Preisstabilität deutlich einfacher zu kalkulieren.
- Long-term investments are much easier to calculate in an environment of high price stability.
Declension
Declension of Preisstabilität [feminine]
Synonyms
- Geldwertstabilität (stability of monetary value)
Antonyms
- Inflation (inflation)
- Deflation (deflation)
- Geldentwertung (currency devaluation)
Coordinate terms
- Kaufkraft (purchasing power; which is preserved by price stability)
- Verbraucherpreisindex (consumer price index; the metric to measure it)
- Inflationsziel (inflation target; e.g., "close to 2%")
- Warenkorb (basket of goods)
Related terms
- stabil (stable)
- stabilisieren (to stabilize)
References
- “Preisstabilität” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Preisstabilität” in Duden online