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sagflation

sagflation noun: a period of economic stagnation combined with inflation, which is distinct from more severe stagflation because growth is slowing rather than declining.

Noun

sagflation (countable and uncountable, plural sagflations)

  1. A period of economic stagnation combined with inflation, which is distinct from more severe stagflation because growth is slowing rather than declining.
    • Moody's is not optimistic that this ongoing crisis can be resolved within the existing relationships between lenders and borrowers, and we believe that some form of subsidized solution may evolve. In this situation, a reversal in interest rates and renewed inflation without strong economic growth...1987, Moody's Bond Survey, volume 79, numbers 14-22, Moody's Investors Service., page 6967
    • "While the Fed will not yet be forced to raise rates to arrest rising inflation, it will be handcuffed from cutting rates to stimulate growth," he said, in a note to clients. "This precursor stage to stagflation deserves its own name; let's call it ‘sagflation.’"2007 April 27, Wanfeng Zhou, MarketWatch, “Dollar hits record low vs. euro”, in MarketWatch, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2024

Examples of sagflation in a sentence

  • That three-decade old specter of stagflation is unlikely to return, but a less dramatic version that some analysts have coined "sagflation" or "stagflation-lite" may be around the corner.2007 August 9, John Parry, “Global commodities, food inflation may lift U.S. yields”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2025:
  • A sagflation situation will be a damaging condition for the equity markets.2022 April 21, Ninad Ramdasi, “Inflation, Interest Rates And Equity Markets”, in Dalal Street Investment Journal, archived from the...

Forms of sagflation

pluralsagflations

Origin of sagflation

Blend of sag + inflation.

Questions about sagflation

What does sagflation mean?
Sagflation means a period of economic stagnation combined with inflation, which is distinct from more severe stagflation because growth is slowing rather than declining.
How do you use sagflation in a sentence?
That three-decade old specter of stagflation is unlikely to return, but a less dramatic version that some analysts have coined "sagflation" or "stagflation-lite" may be around the corner.
What part of speech is sagflation?
Sagflation is a noun.
What is the plural of sagflation?
The plural of sagflation is sagflations.

Words near sagflation in the dictionary

  1. sagewood
  2. sagewoods
  3. sagewort
  4. sageworts
  5. sagey
  6. sagflation
  7. sagflations
  8. saggar
  9. saggar maker
  10. saggar maker's bottom knocker
  11. saggar maker's bottom knockers

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