stagflation

[ stag-fley-shuhn ]

noun

1. an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.

stagflation

/ stæɡˈfleɪʃən /

noun

1. a situation in which inflation is combined with stagnant or falling output and employment

stagflation

1. An economic phenomenon of the late 1960s and 1970s characterized by sluggish economic growth and high inflation . The word is a blend of stagnation and inflation .

Word History and Origins

Origin of stagflation¹

First recorded in 1965–70; stag(nation) ( def ) + (in)flation

Word History and Origins

Origin of stagflation¹

C20: blend of stagnation + inflation

Example Sentences

It’s a phenomenon—stagflation—that the world has not seen since the 1970s.

From Quartz

Economist Stephen Roach warned last year that the world is a busted supply chain away from stagflation.

From Quartz

Financial markets are caught between between stagflation worries and hopes that gross domestic product will pick up speed, said Alberto Gallo, a portfolio manager at Algebris Investments.

From Quartz

In the 1970s, stagflation — a combination of rising unemployment and soaring inflation — threatened that belief.

From Washington Post

Alankar thinks the endgame could be the return of stagflation.

From Fortune

But from there we had Watergate, stagflation, oil embargos, eroding American power in the world, growing income inequality, etc.

From The Daily Beast

It was the theory that led Fed chairman Paul Volcker to purge stagflation from the system.

From The Daily Beast

He turned the tables on the 1929 crash and suggested that stagflation was caused by too much money in the system.

From The Daily Beast

There are many reasons to avoid anything to do with the 1970s—stagflation trumps them all.

From The Daily Beast

Morici blames the return of stagflation on "Chinese mercantilism" as its government fixes oil prices at home at low levels.

From The Daily Beast