doom loop

American  

[doom-loop] / dum lup /

noun

doom loops plural

1. a loop wherein one negative condition causes another, which in turn worsens the first.

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• doom loops
  plural

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doom loop

A doom loop could trigger a sharp jump in yields like that which occurred during similar events in Japan in 1989, in the U.S. in 1999 and China in 2007.

From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026

Real estate brokerage firm Compass said that recent transactions showed that some parts of the tech capital have emerged from its doom loop on the back of the surge in AI investment and hiring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

The sense that France is caught in a doom loop was underscored Monday when Sébastien Lecornu—Macron’s fourth prime minister in just over a year—resigned from his post.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025

We had a wobble in the markets and warnings of a "doom loop" on the way.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025

Klein thinks moms can solve both the human doom loop and the urban doom loop at the same time: “There’s a billion square feet of empty office space. Moms will reimagine those spaces,” she says.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2024