slumpflation

/ slʌmpˈfleɪʃən /

noun

1. a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation

Word History and Origins

Origin of slumpflation¹

C20: blend of _slump + _inflation

Example Sentences

Do we go from slumpflation to stagflation?

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Today, inflation and recession have become overlapping phases of a cycle—to which economists have given such cacophonous names as "stagflation," "slumpflation," "infession" and "inflump."

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The $16 billion in rebates and tax credits might be too weak to jolt the economy out of its alarming slumpflation; in that case, the nation could suffer a prolonged agony of unemployment rates higher than any since before World War II.

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