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second-round effect

second-round effect noun: the situation where inflation starts to have an indirect impact, affecting wages and prices.

Noun

second-round effect (plural second-round effects)

  1. The situation where inflation starts to have an indirect impact, affecting wages and prices.
    • There is a second-round effect of crowding in higher private investment as public sector contractors tool up to meet the public contracts, and then a third – as all firms adjust to the higher level of demand by raising business investment levels – of more crowding in and so-called “multiplier...2024 November 3, Will Hutton, “Investment drives growth. That’s why gloomy forecasters are so wrong about the budget”, in The Guardian

Forms of second-round effect

pluralsecond-round effects

Questions about second-round effect

What does second-round effect mean?
Second-round effect means the situation where inflation starts to have an indirect impact, affecting wages and prices.
What part of speech is second-round effect?
Second-round effect is a noun.
What is the plural of second-round effect?
The plural of second-round effect is second-round effects.

Words near second-round effect in the dictionary

  1. second-preimage attacks
  2. second-rate
  3. second-rater
  4. second-raters
  5. second-rates
  6. second-round effect
  7. second-round effects
  8. second-sighted
  9. second-storey man
  10. second-storey men
  11. second-storey worker

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