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scissors crisis

scissors crisis noun: 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.

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

Forms of scissors crisis

pluralscissors crises

Questions about scissors crisis

What does scissors crisis mean?
Scissors crisis means 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.
What part of speech is scissors crisis?
Scissors crisis is a noun.
What is the plural of scissors crisis?
The plural of scissors crisis is scissors crises.

Words near scissors crisis in the dictionary

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

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