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slumpflation

British  
/ slʌmpˈfleɪʃən /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of slumpflation

C20: blend of slump + inflation

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Do we go from slumpflation to stagflation?

From Time Magazine Archive

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."

From Time Magazine Archive

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