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The stagflation of the 1970s blessed us with damaging wage and price controls and the utterly counterintuitive supply-side notion - famously drawn on a napkin - that cutting taxes would lead to higher tax revenues.
Steven Rattner

Meaning of "stagflation" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STAGFLATION

Blend of stagnation + inflation.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STAGFLATION

stagflation  [stæɡˈfleɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STAGFLATION

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Stagflation is a noun.
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WHAT DOES STAGFLATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stagflation

Stagflation, a portmanteau of stagnation and inflation, is a term used in economics to describe a situation where the inflation rate is high, the economic growth rate slows down, and unemployment remains steadily high. It raises a dilemma for economic policy since actions designed to lower inflation may exacerbate unemployment, and vice versa. The term is generally attributed to a British politician who became chancellor of the exchequer in 1970, Iain Macleod, who coined the phrase in his speech to Parliament in 1965. Keynes didn't use the term, but some of his work refers to the conditions most would recognise as stagflation. In the version of Keynesian macroeconomic theory which was dominant between the end of WWII and the late-1970s, inflation and recession were regarded as mutually exclusive, the relationship between the two being described by the Phillips curve. Stagflation is very costly and difficult to eradicate once it starts, in human terms as well as in budget deficits. In the political arena, one measure of stagflation, termed the Misery Index, was used to swing presidential elections in the United States in 1976 and 1980.

Definition of stagflation in the English dictionary

The definition of stagflation in the dictionary is a situation in which inflation is combined with stagnant or falling output and employment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STAGFLATION


afflation
əˈfleɪʃən
anti-inflation
ˌæntɪɪnˈfleɪʃən
compilation
ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪʃən
conflation
kənˈfleɪʃən
deflation
dɪˈfleɪʃən
disinflation
ˌdɪsɪnˈfleɪʃən
hyperinflation
ˌhaɪpəɪnˈfleɪʃən
inflation
ɪnˈfleɪʃən
installation
ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən
insufflation
ˌɪnsəˈfleɪʃən
legislation
ˌlɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃən
overinflation
ˌəʊvərɪnˈfleɪʃən
population
ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən
reflation
riːˈfleɪʃən
reinflation
ˌriːɪnˈfleɪʃən
relation
rɪˈleɪʃən
slumpflation
slʌmpˈfleɪʃən
sufflation
sʌˈfleɪʃən
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trænsˈleɪʃən
underinflation
ˌʌndərɪnˈfleɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STAGFLATION

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stagecoachmen
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stagelike
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stagery
stagette
stagey
stagflationary
staggard
stagger
staggerbush
staggered
staggered directorships
staggered hours
staggerer
staggering
staggeringly

WORDS THAT END LIKE STAGFLATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
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association
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citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
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Synonyms and antonyms of stagflation in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «stagflation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STAGFLATION

Find out the translation of stagflation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stagflation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stagflation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

滞胀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estanflación
570 millions of speakers

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stagflation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुद्रास्फीतिजनित मंदी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الركود التضخمي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стагфляция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estagflação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিশ্চলতা-স্ফীতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stagflation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Stagflation
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stagflation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スタグフレーション
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스태그플레이션
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stagflation
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tình trạng lạm phát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேக்கநிலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फिक्स्डेशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

stagflasyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stagflazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stagflacji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стагфляція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stagflație
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

στασιμοπληθωρισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stagflasie
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

stagflation
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

stagflasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stagflation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STAGFLATION»

The term «stagflation» is normally little used and occupies the 111.269 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STAGFLATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stagflation

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QUOTES WITH «STAGFLATION»

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Steven Rattner
The stagflation of the 1970s blessed us with damaging wage and price controls and the utterly counterintuitive supply-side notion - famously drawn on a napkin - that cutting taxes would lead to higher tax revenues.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAGFLATION»

Discover the use of stagflation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stagflation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, ...
"--Scott Gordon, The Canadian Journal of Economics"The thesis of this brilliant book is that the longer a society enjoys political stability, the more likely it is to develop powerful special-interest lobbies that in turn make it less ...
Mancur Olson, 2008
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The Share Economy: Conquering Stagflation
A leading economist argues that the implementation of an alternative labor payment system, in which a significant number of firms share profits or revenues with their employees--as opposed to the current fixed-wage system-would provide ...
Martin L. Weitzman, 1984
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Economics of worldwide stagflation
This book sets forth both a theory and a comparative empirical analysis of stagflation, that peculiar combination of high unemployment, slow growth, and spurts of high inflation bedeviling the advanced industrial nations during the past ...
Michael Bruno, Jeffrey Sachs, 1985
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Macroeconomic Essentials: Understanding Economics in the News
Stagflation is the simultaneous occurrence of high or rising levels of both inflation and unemployment, a phenomenon which for many years economic theory claimed could not exist. For a decade, ending in the late 1 960s, economists ...
Peter Kennedy, 2000
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Theories of Inflation
Definition and basic concepts Stagflation is a condition of the economy that is as inconvenient as the word itself is inelegant. The widely accepted definitions of stagflation define the phenomenon by its symptoms. M. Bronfenbrenner stated: ...
Helmut Frisch, 1983
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The Social Science Encyclopedia
Stagflation is a form of inflation which occurs or persists despite the presence of a suhstantial or even increasing percentage of measured unemployment of the lahour force. The measured inflation rate may, however, he decreasing. Stagflation ...
Adam Kuper, Jessica Kuper, 1996
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Macroeconomics: Principles and Policy
S 0 S 1 S 1 S 0 A E D D Real GDP 4,917 P r i c e L e v e l ( 2 0 0 5 = 1 0 0 ) 4,880 28.1 33.6 Figure 8 Stagflation from an Adverse Shift in Aggregate Supply NOTE: Amounts are in billions of 2005 dollars per year. We have just discussed the ...
William Baumol, Alan Blinder, 2011
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Oil Price Shocks: Can They Account for the Stagflation in ...
The oil price shocks of the 1970s are often cited as the culprits responsible for the stagflation experienced in many industrial countries in that decade. In this paper the IMF's new Global Economic Model (GEM) has been used to examine the ...
Mr. Ben Hunt, 2005
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Barron's how to Prepare for the AP ...
STAGFLATION Stagflation occurs whenever the aggregate supply curve shifts to the left. Since both inflation and unemployment are rising, this defies the Phillips relationship, which concludes that unemployment and inflation move in opposite  ...
Frank Musgrave, Elia Kacapyr, 2001
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Macroeconomics, Second Edition
Stagflation. Phase. As workers and firms become aware that the general price level is rising, they will incorporate this fact into their expectations of future prices. In reaching new agreements on wages, they're likely to settle on higher nominal ...
Timothy D. Tregarthen, Libby Rittenberg, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STAGFLATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stagflation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Modi is fixing UPA's broken economy; the stagflation cycle to end soon
One of the less noticed aspects of the latest GDP data put out by the government is that growth in the fourth quarter of 2014-15 was practically identical in terms ... «Firstpost, Jun 15»
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Stagflation Predictions
Matt O'Brien catches a piece by Dick Morris a few years ago predicting that Obama's legacy would be stagflation. But I say, oh yeah? I'll see your Dick Morris ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
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Thailand is 'facing stagflation'
Thailand is entering into stagflation as there is no consumption to lubricate the economy, says Finance Minister Sommai Phasee. A vendor pushes a cart past a ... «Bangkok Post, Oct 14»
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The Opposite of Stagflation
This tends to come from people who view stagflation in the 1970s as having ... has been associated with falling inflation — the opposite of stagflation. Here's an ... «New York Times, Aug 14»
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Brazil denies any 'stagflation' and forecasts economy with …
Brazil is far from stagflation, central bank chief Alexandre Tombini said on Tuesday, forecasting the economy will pick up speed and inflation will ease in coming ... «MercoPress, Aug 14»
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Stagflation for HSBC Means Russian Ruble Seen Weakening
The pace of growth “conceals the underlying downward trend,” Morozov said in a July 7 research note titled “Home-made Stagflation.” HSBC and Markit ... «Bloomberg, Jul 14»
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Stagflation and the Fall of Macroeconomics
He dismisses the stagflation of the 1970s, on the grounds that IS-LM macroeconomics quickly adapted to the new information. Indeed, this happened very fast: ... «New York Times, Jun 14»
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Faster reforms can revive growth, curb stagflation: Morgan Stanley
Speedy implementation of reforms is likely to help India in making a faster transition from stagflation to higher economic growth and lower inflation, says a report. «Indian Express, Jun 14»
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India to emerge from 'stagflation' over next few quarters: Morgan …
“We now feel more confident that India will emerge from the stagflation type of environment over the next few quarters,” Morgan Stanley said. “The GDP growth is ... «Livemint, May 14»
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Rouhani: Ahmadinejad's unparalleled stagflation, mismanagement …
DUBAI - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iran's economic problems went beyond sanctions, blaming "unparalleled stagflation" on the profligacy and ... «Jerusalem Post, Nov 13»

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