supply-side

American  

[suh-plahy-sahyd] / səˈplaɪˌsaɪd /

adjective

Economics.

1. of or relating to a theory that stresses the reduction of taxes, especially for those of higher income, as a means of encouraging business investment and growth and stabilizing the economy.

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Etymology

Origin of supply-side

First recorded in 1975–80

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• supply-side vs. demand-side

Example Sentences

Yang Wang, principal analyst at Counterpoint Research, called the memory crisis "the most disruptive supply-side event the smartphone industry has ever faced".

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

Those supply-side pressures are broad-based, including tariffs pushing up the price of goods to higher fertilizer and oil prices because of the Strait of Hormuz bottlenecks.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

Those supply-side pressures are broad-based, including tariffs pushing up the price of goods to higher fertilizer and oil prices because of the Strait of Hormuz bottlenecks.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

“This is a supply-side job number, which means you can have growth and low inflation,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

On p353 Phelps speaks about �professional theorists in the supply-side movement� without mentioning names.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas