stagflation

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In other words, stagflation, a musty word, redolent of bell-bottoms and AMC Gremlins, pulled out of some long forgotten economics glossary, as if to underline just how far back into the past chavismo is taking us.

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  1. noun Sluggish economic growth coupled with a high rate of inflation and unemployment.

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  • If lending doesn't cool soon, this speculative force will transfer even more Chinese cash overseas and trigger long-term stagflation. —  China Stocks News and Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • Q: Can America learn anything from Japanese stagflation, the "lost decade" as many people call it? —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Recession of 1973-1975 Richard M Nixon (R) OPEC's increase in oil prices and massive spending in the escalation of war in Vietnam led to stagflation, the second economic crash of Nixon's administration —  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
  • The country experienced stagflation, a combination of economic stagnation coupled with rates of inflation that rose above 10\%. —  PopMatters
  • Taken together, as a sum, stagflation is the misery index. —  Bloodthirsty Liberal
 

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