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scissors crises

scissors crises is the plural of scissors crisis.

Meaning of scissors crisis

Noun

scissors crisis (plural scissors crises)

  1. An economic crisis caused by price scissors, that is, an unfavourable divergence in the prices paid by a particular group or country for products that it needs as against the prices of the products that it produces.
    • Meanwhile, real commodity prices were falling sharply for most non-oil products as the world economy moved into its deepest recession since the 1930s. With the debtor countries also facing a strong and ever-strengthening US dollar in the early-mid 1980s, it is perhaps not surprising that Brazil and...1993, Stuart Corbridge, “Ethics in Development Studies: The Example of Debt”, in Frans J. Schuurman, editor, Beyond the Impasse: New Directions in Development Theory, →ISBN, page 126

Questions about scissors crises

What is scissors crises the plural of?
Scissors crises is the plural of scissors crisis.

Words near scissors crises in the dictionary

  1. scissorlike
  2. scissors
  3. scissors bite
  4. scissors bites
  5. scissors congruence
  6. scissors crises
  7. scissors crisis
  8. scissors crossing
  9. scissors crossings
  10. scissors crossover
  11. scissors crossovers

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