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If the cost of a typical market basket in 2019 is 400 and the cost of a typical market basket in 2020 is 390, then during this period the economy is undergoing:

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deflation.

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If the cost of a typical market basket in 2019 is 400 and the cost of a typical market basket in 2020 is 390, then during this period the economy is undergoing deflation.

To add, deflation is a contraction in the supply of circulated money within an economy, and therefore the opposite of inflation.

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