1994年第二季度,日本gdp平减指数达到峰值,此后已累计下滑17%(同期,美国该指数上升42%)该指数是最常用的价格水平衡量标准。
The most general measure of the level of prices , the GDP deflator , peaked in Japan in the second quarter of 1994 and has fallen a cumulative 17 per cent since then ( in the same period the US deflator is up 42 per cent ) .