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slumpflation

British  
/ slʌmpˈfleɪʃən /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of slumpflation

C20: blend of slump + inflation

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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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