stagflationary love

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  • adjective economics Tending to induce stagflation.

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  • adjective characteristic of or promoting stagflation

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Examples

  • The April result was the lowest since March 1982\'s level of 62.0, when the "stagflationary" period of low growth and high inflation was still fresh in the memory of many Americans. '

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Consumer Confidence Hits 26 Year Low 2008

  • U.S. stocks rose as General Motors jolted higher on its visions of a battery-driven future and as financial stocks like J.P. Morgan Chase rebounded despite economic data that suggested a "stagflationary" environment.

    J.P. Morgan Chase, 2008

  • That labor markets are weakening at the same time as the price of oil is at a record high of more than $143 a barrel is an eerie echo of the 1970s "stagflationary" environment to some.

    Stocks Battle to Regain Ground 2008

  • The April result was the lowest since March 1982's level of 62.0, when the 'stagflationary' period of low growth and high inflation was still fresh in the memory of many Americans.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Consumer Confidence Hits 26 Year Low 2008

  • You've got to cast your mind back, the beginning of the bear market was decoupling, and it was a kind of stagflationary environment, where inflation was picking up; central banks weren't cutting rates, even though there was a financial crisis; oil got to $145, so the early part of the downturn, commodities made people very good money.

    Fool.co.uk - Headlines 2010

  • These were the years of president Jimmy Carter, widely ridiculed as 'stagflationary'.

    Slugger O'Toole 2009

  • But this was at least partly because global stagflationary forces started to recede.

    Swiss Central Bank's Gamble on Euro-Zone Crisis Richard Barley 2011

  • A transformative crisis, be it an acute shock like the 2008 financial crisis or a period of chronic turbulence like the stagflationary 1970s, is now basically inevitable on the trade front.

    Ian Fletcher: How to Think Our Way Out of Our Trade Crisis Ian Fletcher 2011

  • Or will it trigger a stagflationary wage-price spiral, the likes of which blighted the 1970s?

    Slippery Slope for EU After Oil Shock Alen Mattich 2011

  • "Our concern is that the downside risks interact and their cumulative impact could weaken the recovery significantly, possibly triggering stagflationary developments in some advanced economies," Mr. Gurria said.

    OECD Chief Warns on Growth Risks William Horobin 2011

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