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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why can't countries suffering from deflation or long periods of disinflation simply print more money?
gpt
They do, that's why there are almost no countries that suffer from deflation or long periods of disinflation. 

In most cases, deflation is temporary, and many a times it stagnates the economy, and the short term deflation is then followed by a still stagnant economy with an inflation spike.