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zombie economies

zombie economies is the plural of zombie economy.

Meaning of zombie economy

Noun

zombie economy (plural zombie economies)

  1. A national economy with a high proportion of zombie companies and zombie banks, as happened in Japan during its lost decades.
    • It will be tempting for the US and Europe to engage in some financial repression in the coming years, using various means to force interest rates lower. Not only will it make America’s addiction to debt seem manageable, it will help ease the transition to an AI economy, Cheap debt will allow more...2025 October 13, Allison Schrager, “A Zombie Economy Could Be America's Future”, in Bloomberg Opinion, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2025

Questions about zombie economies

What is zombie economies the plural of?
Zombie economies is the plural of zombie economy.

Words near zombie economies in the dictionary

  1. zombie debt
  2. zombie debtor
  3. zombie debtors
  4. zombie debts
  5. zombie deer disease
  6. zombie economies
  7. zombie economy
  8. zombie effect
  9. zombie effects
  10. zombie finger
  11. zombie fingers

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