Enhancing wage flexibility in an environment in which unemployment exceeds 11% will allow firms to cut wages, and lower labor costs will permit them to cut prices in an effort to gain market share. Deregulation that intensifies product-market competition will similarly lead to lower prices (that being what competition does).
增加劳动力和产品市场灵活性的结构改革也有通缩作用。在失业率超过11%的情况下强工资灵活性将使企业削减工资，而更低的劳动力成本令他们可以通过降低价格争夺市场份额。加剧产品市场竞争的去监管化也会类似地导致价格下降（竞争的结果）。