Definition: Deflation is when asset and consumer prices fall over time. This may seem like a great thing for shoppers, except that the cause of widespread deflation is a long-term drop in demand. It means that a recession is probably underway. That brings job losses, declining wages and a big hit to your stock portfolio. As a recession worsens, so does deflation.
The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) is an intelligence bureau in the United States Department of State tasked with analyzing information.
Open-source intelligence. Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is a term used to refer to the data collected from publicly available sources to be used in an intelligence context.[1] In the intelligence community, the term open refers to overt, publicly available sources (as opposed to covert or clandestine sources).