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procyclical

procyclical adjective: moving in the same direction as the overall state of an economy.

Adjective

procyclical (comparative more procyclical, superlative most procyclical)

  1. Moving in the same direction as the overall state of an economy
    • The employment rate is procyclical, when the economy is doing well more people are working, when it's not doing well, fewer people are working.
  2. (public policy) Magnifying the cyclical fluctuations of an economy.

Antonyms of procyclical

Forms of procyclical

comparativemore procyclical
superlativemost procyclical

Origin of procyclical

From pro- + cyclical.

Words formed from procyclical

Questions about procyclical

What does procyclical mean?
Procyclical means moving in the same direction as the overall state of an economy.
What part of speech is procyclical?
Procyclical is an adjective.

Words near procyclical in the dictionary

  1. procuticular
  2. procyanidin
  3. procyanidins
  4. procyanidolic
  5. procyclic
  6. procyclical
  7. procyclicalities
  8. procyclicality
  9. procyclically
  10. procyclics
  11. procyclidine

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